Question

f the relationship between the independent and dependent variables is discovered to be false after another (third) variable is considered, that relationship between the independent and dependent variables is called

Answer 1

Spurious relationship

Explanation:

A spurious relationship is a relationship between a dependent and independent variable that seems to be causal (have a cause and effect relationship) but is actually not, which is made evident by a third factor or variable which was not initially apparent at the point of comparison or examination of the dependent or independent variables