When conducting a correlational study, the reason Ms. Sharpe cannot infer causation from the results is that
a) The relationship can be caused by variables that were not part of the study
b) You must use inferential statistics to examine cause-and-effect relationships
c) Only high, positive correlations are meaningful, and we rarely see these
d) The external validity of such studies is low
A
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