In a cross-sectional survey, a researcher finds that larger families (with more children) are more likely to have delinquent children than smaller families. The researcher concludes that large family size causes delinquency. Which causal criteria have not been met?

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Yasmin Morrow

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7 April, 07:04

In a cross-sectional survey, a researcher finds that larger families (with more children) are more likely to have delinquent children than smaller families. The researcher concludes that large family size causes delinquency. Which causal criteria have not been met?

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Selena Mathews · Answer 1

Nonspuriousness

Explanation:

In research, nonspuriousness is known to be a relationship that exist between two variables that is not dependent on a third variable. In a case where the third variable causes the variation in result, then it is known to be a spurious relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Hence in this study, the researcher provides a relationship between two variables without saying anything about a third variable that may have caused the relationship.