Ask the Experts Video 2: Keon West on Research Methods in PsychologyClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 27 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following question:Correlations tell us that ______.
A. there is a clear direction of influence of one variable upon another variable
B. we must identify a "third variable" to explain the relationship between our primary variables
C. there is a relationship between our variables
D. there is a causal connection between our variables
Answer: C
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