A Study Showed a Strong Correlation Between Not Smoking and Having

question 59

Multiple Choice

A study showed a strong correlation between not smoking and having a high college grade point average.Although some people used this study as evidence that smoking is bad,if you accept that smoking does NOT cause someone to lose brain cells or study less,you would probably conclude that the study:

• A) used basic research.
• B) was valid.
• C) misused a control group.
• D) employed a spurious correlation.

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