Researchers whose research questions entail important time dimou are studying homicide rates in a major city, and your data seem to be indicating something quite peculiar. you notice that ice cream consumption seems to be correlated with an increase in murder rates. upon more careful reflection, you recall that murder rates tend to rise in the summer, when people are outside more (and, consequently, eating more ice cream). your first conclusion is an example of are likely to use which research method?

the spurious relationship

Explanation:

In the given question, there are three variable or event occur simultaneously or related to each other i.e. ice cream, murder and summer. therefore this is related to the spurious relationship

In statistics, the spurious relationship is a statistical association wherein 2 or even more activities or variables are correlated but are not related to each other, either because of coincidence or because of the existence of a certain unknown element.

thomas jefferson

explanation:

the answer is true .