A researcher has observed that people who suffer from an eating disorder tend to have lower self-esteem than people without a disorder.However,the researcher is not sure whether the lower self-esteem leads to an eating disorder or whether having an eating disorder leads to lower self-esteem.This is an example of

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This is an example of the directionality problem because the researcher is unsure of the direction of the relationship between the variables. It is unclear whether the lower self-esteem causes the eating disorder or if the eating disorder causes lower self-esteem.

A Researcher Has Observed That People Who Suffer from an Eating