Suppose A is religiosity and B is happiness. Can one conduct a randomized experiment to find out whether A affects B?
A) Yes, assign individuals to one of the major religions and later ask how happy they are.
B) Yes, assign individuals to a level of happiness and later ask them what their religious preference is.
C) No random assignment can be made.
D) none of these (a, b, c)

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Random assignment cannot be made in this scenario as religiosity is not randomly assigned to individuals. It is a personal choice and cannot be manipulated by the researcher. Therefore, any correlation found between religiosity and happiness could potentially be due to other factors that were not controlled for in the study.

Suppose a Is Religiosity and B Is Happiness