A Student Eats a Candy Bar Just Prior to Taking

question 186

Multiple Choice

A student eats a candy bar just prior to taking a test and receives a high grade.He does not buy one for the next test and receives a low score.On his third test, he again eats a candy bar and gets a high score.This student concludes that eating candy bars leads to higher test scores.His hypothesis

• A)should be termed a "theory."
• B)assumes that correlation implies causation.
• C)assumes that causation implies correlation.
• D)reflects the amount of studying he had done for the exams.

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