Several studies have found that there is a correlation in children between amount of television watched and weight. What is one of the problems with using this finding to report that watching lots of television makes children obese?
A) The data might be inaccurate.
B) It is just as possible that being obese causes children to watch more television.
C) There wasn't a control group that watched no television.
D) The sample was probably not representative.

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Correlation does not imply causation; the relationship could be that obesity leads to more television watching, not the other way around.

Several Studies Have Found That There Is a Correlation in Children