Researchers Baron and Straus (1984) found a positive correlation between the number of sexually explicit magazines sold in different states and the number of reported rapes in each of those states
They refrained from concluding that exposure to pornography caused men to rape because of the potential influence of a third variable. Which of the following might constitute that third variable?
a. sales of explicit magazines in those states
b. number of reported rapes in those states
c. exposure to pornography in those states
d. a hypermasculine culture in those states
Answer: D
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