In a correlational study
A) factors are manipulated to determine whether they are related.
B) it is possible to determine whether there is a causal relationship between two variables.
C) it is possible to determine whether two variables are related, but not whether there is a causal relationship between the variables.
D) there is an independent variable and a dependent variable.

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In a correlational study, researchers examine the relationship between two variables to see if they are related, but cannot determine whether one variable causes the other. The absence of manipulation of variables makes it impossible to make causal inferences, hence the correct answer is C.

In a Correlational Study