For a spurious relationship to occur, which of the following condition(s) is(are) required?
a. The partial relationships must be significantly less than the original.
b. The test variable must be antecedent to the dependent variable.
c. The test variable must be antecedent to the independent variable.
d. All of these choices must occur.
e. The partial relationships must be significantly less than the original and the test variable must be antecedent to the independent variable only.
D
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