Wedding expenses and marriage length: with the headline, "want a happy marriage? have a big, cheap wedding" cnn reported on a study that examined the correlation between wedding expenses and the length of marriages. the news article states, "a new study found that couples who spend less on their wedding tend to have longer-lasting marriages than those who splurge. what would be a reasonable explanation for the observed correlation? a. having an inexpensive wedding young couples avoid financial burdens that many strain their marriage. b. having an inexpensive wedding has no impact on the length of marriage because the cost of a wedding is a contounding variable that explains the correlation c. having an inexpensive wedding guarantees a couple will have a longmarriage the study shows a the term because strong correlation between two variables