SAGE News Clips: Service Dogs and PTSD RecoveryDescription: Retired Army sergeant Joe Aguirre is now participating in the Department of Veteran's Affairs study on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The study wants to find out if service dogs help PTSD sufferers get better or just feel better. Watch this video to learn some critiques of the study's research design.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 42, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:When the critics of this study claim that it may not be the dog that is helping the soldiers "get better," but rather other social factors, they are describing what researchers call a ______ instead of a causal
relationship between the variables.
A. positive relationship
B. negative relationship
C. spurious relationship
D. neutral relationship
Answer: C
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