Measurement error can be responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

A) distorting the participant's scores.
B) attenuating the observed strength of a relationship between variables.
C) giving the impression that two variables are unrelated when they are indeed related.
D) incorrectly assigning variables to the wrong scale of measurement.


Answer: D

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