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A Researcher Knows That There Is a Relationship Between Obesity

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A researcher knows that there is a relationship between obesity and watching television for young children. However, it is not known whether children watch more TV because they are overweight, or whether they are overweight because they watch so much TV. This is an example of the third-variable problem.


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