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Title: Under what conditions can an experimenter be confident that X is the cause of Y
Post by: Hog95 on Sep 18, 2014
Under what conditions can an experimenter be confident that X is the cause of Y if two variables, X and Y, are strongly correlated? 
A)   If people are randomly assigned to levels of X in a true experiment 
B)   If people are randomly assigned to levels of Y in a true experiment 
C)   If X is measured before Y 
D)   If Y is measured before X 


Title: Re: Under what conditions can an experimenter be confident that X is the cause of Y
Post by: padre on Sep 20, 2014
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Title: Re: Under what conditions can an experimenter be confident that X is the cause of Y
Post by: Hog95 on Sep 20, 2014
Great, exactly what I needed.


Title: Re: Under what conditions can an experimenter be confident that X is the cause of Y
Post by: padre on Sep 20, 2014
Glad to be part of the success. Let me know if you need anything else.