One advantage of knowing the correlation between two variables is that ________

A) the size of the correlation helps determine whether the variables are important enough to devote further research to them
B) one variable can then be used to predict another
C) one variable can be eliminated from the theory
D) this knowledge helps us understand the limitations of social research
E) since correlation does not indicate causal relationships, there is no advantage


Answer: B

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