Mabel did a study on regional differences in Christmas gift-giving and,after observing the empirical relationship,she developed an hypothesis to explain the relationship.Mabel was engaging in
A)ex post facto hypothesizing.
B)elaboration.
C)distorter variable construction.
D)sample reconstruction.
E)deductive reasoning

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Mabel did not start with a hypothesis, but rather observed an empirical relationship and then developed a hypothesis to explain it. This process is known as ex post facto hypothesizing.

Mabel Did a Study on Regional Differences in Christmas Gift-Giving