Jim thought that the strong negative correlation that he observed between depression and self-esteem meant that having a low self-esteem led to high levels of depression. Jim is misinterpreting the correlation by assuming:

a. causality.
b. directionality.
c. that there is a third variable.
d. both causality and directionality.

d

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