How does the manipulation of the independent variable in an experiment strengthen inferences about cause and effect?

a. it eliminates the effects of most extraneous variable.
b. it establishes the time order of the events (or variables)
c. it proves that a casual relationship exists
d. it determines that the observed association is non-spurious


Ans: b. it establishes the time order of the events (or variables)

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