Several Studies Have Found That There Is a Correlation in Children

question 91

Multiple Choice

Several studies have found that there is a correlation in children between amount of television watched and weight. What is one of the problems with using this finding to report that watching lots of television makes children obese?

• A) It is just as possible that being obese causes children to watch more television.
• B) There wasn't a control group that watched no television.
• C) The sample was probably not representative.
• D) The data might be inaccurate.

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