Confounding variables and the implications of causation

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Question: Read News Story 8 in the Appendix, "Education, kids strengthen marriage." Discuss the extent to which each of these problems with observational studies may affect the conclusions based on this study:

a. Confounding variables and the implications of causation

b. Extending the results inappropriately c. Using the past as a source of data

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