The Practice of Social Research (MindTap Course List)
The Practice of Social Research (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305104945
Author: Earl R. Babbie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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A spurious relationship is one that incorrectly suggests two variables are related because they happen to increase or decrease at the same time. One example is how the rate of drowning by falling out of a fishing boat mirrors the marriage rate in Kentucky.

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