Three criteria must be met to claim that a causal relationship has been established. If these criteria are
met a researcher can state with a high probability that one variable caused a change onto another
variable.
This is made operational as the independent variable causing a change onto the dependent
variable, or cause and effect. Which criteria is not a condition for claiming causality?
a) Independent variable is theoretically grounded
b) Independent variable precedes the dependent variable in time
c) There is a relationship between the independent and dependent variables
d) The relationship can not be explained by any extraneous variables
a
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