If a researcher uses a careful matching procedure in correlational research, why can we still not draw conclusions about cause-and-effect relations between variables?
A) The measures may be unreliable.
B) A third variable influencing the relationship may have been missed.
C) The sample may not be a representative one.
D) Subject expectations may interfere with their behaviour
E) The Hawthorne effect is in effect.

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Even with careful matching, a third variable that wasn't accounted for could still influence the relationship between the variables being studied, preventing conclusions about direct causation.

If a Researcher Uses a Careful Matching Procedure in Correlational