Consider the observation that many school shootings have been perpetrated by people with a history of playing violent video games. In this scenario, what could the third variable be?

a. the school shootings
b. the shooter’s history of being bullied.
c. the age of the shooter
d. the type of violence in the video games


ANSWER:
b

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