Chapter 7 discussed a study by Hartwig and Dunlosky, who assessed whether college students' study techniques were correlated with their college grades. This research showed that
showed that
a. there was a strong correlation between the measures of "study techniques" and grades in college.
b. the study was flawed, because of the research was acknowledged to have a serious problem with the issue that "correlation is not necessarily causation."
c. surprisingly, there was no correlation between any of the variables.
d. there was actually a negative correlation between study techniques and grades in college, probably because the students with the lowest grades actually exaggerated the amount of time spent studying.
Ans: a
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