A spurious relationship is said to exist between two events if ________.
A)one event occurred before the other
B)they are independently related to another event
C)they occurred at the same point of time
D)one event occurs only if the other occurs

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A spurious relationship exists when two events appear to be related, but in reality, they are not. This can occur when both events are independently related to another event, such as in the case of ice cream sales and crime rates increasing during summer months. Ice cream sales and crime rates are both independently related to temperature, not to each other, but their correlation creates a spurious relationship.

A Spurious Relationship Is Said to Exist Between Two Events