suppose the correlation between two variables x and y is due to the fact that both are responding to changes in some unobserved third variable. what is this due to?

a) common sense
b) cause and effect between x and y
c) extrapolation
d) the effect of a lurking variable
e) none of the above

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suppose the correlation between two variables x and y is due to the fact that both are responding to changes in some unobserved third variable. what is this due to?

a) common sense
b) cause and effect between x and y
c) extrapolation
d) the effect of a lurking variable
e) none of the above

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