A nonspurious relationship implies that
A) the independent and dependent variables are interchangeable.
B) there is a no statistical association between the variables.
C) there is a positive association between the variables.
D) there is a negative association between the variables.
E) there is a causal link between the variables.

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A nonspurious relationship implies that there is a genuine causal link between the independent and dependent variables, meaning the relationship is not due to some other variable or coincidence.

A Nonspurious Relationship Implies That