Steve studies happiness in romantic relationships.He conducted a study in which he expected a positive relationship between happiness and time spent together.Instead,he found a concept relation of spuriousness. What is the confound?
A)flaws in Steve's research method education,which resulted in Steve committing errors and producing incorrect results
B)unemployment,because this affects both happiness and time spent together
C)grand theory,because the choice of grand theory influences data interpretation
D)negative relations,because the positive relation didn't work out as Steve expected

Question

Steve studies happiness in romantic relationships.He conducted a study in which he expected a positive relationship between happiness and time spent together.Instead,he found a concept relation of spuriousness. What is the confound?
A)flaws in Steve's research method education,which resulted in Steve committing errors and producing incorrect results
B)unemployment,because this affects both happiness and time spent together
C)grand theory,because the choice of grand theory influences data interpretation
D)negative relations,because the positive relation didn't work out as Steve expected

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The confound in this situation is unemployment because it affects both happiness and time spent together. This means that any positive relationship that Steve might have found between happiness and time spent together could be attributed to the confounding variable of unemployment, rather than a true causal relationship between happiness and time spent together.

Steve Studies Happiness in Romantic Relationships