Citing a recent report stating that "Eighty percent of prisoners in the United States were spanked as children" to support the idea that corporal punishment during childhood leads to criminal behavior in adulthood is problematic because
A) it was derived from a survey study.
B) correlation does not prove causation.
C) the experiment that reached this conclusion cannot be replicated.
D) This finding is not problematic.

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Correlation does not prove causation, therefore simply because 80% of prisoners were spanked as children does not mean that spanking caused them to become criminals. Other factors could have contributed to their criminal behavior.

Citing a Recent Report Stating That "Eighty Percent of Prisoners