One limitation of correlational studies is
A) age-related changes may be distorted because of participant dropout.
B) researchers cannot replicate the studies.
C) researchers randomly assign participants and manipulate their experiences.
D) investigators cannot infer cause and effect.

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Correlational studies cannot establish a cause-and-effect relationship between variables. Instead, they only show that two variables are related to each other. Therefore, investigators cannot infer causation from correlation.

One Limitation of Correlational Studies Is