After controlling for Z, the partial correlation coefficient between X and Y is the same value as the bivariate Pearson's r. This pattern would be taken as evidence of
a. a direct relationship between X and Y.
b. a spurious relationship between X and Z.
c. interaction between X, Y, and Z.
d. an intervening relationship between X and Y, interaction between X and Z.
ANSWER: a
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