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Which of the Following Statements About the Interpretation of Correlations

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Which of the following statements about the interpretation of correlations is NOT true?


A) Just because two variables are correlated doesn't mean that one necessarily caused the other.
B) There is nothing in correlation analysis that can be used to establish causality.
C) When you obtain a statistically significant correlation coefficient between two variables, you can safely assume that one variable caused another.
D) All that analytical procedures can do is measure the nature and degree of association between variables.
E) Statements of causality must come from underlying knowledge and theories about the phenomena under investigation.

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