A recent report stating that "Eighty percent of prisoners in the United States were spanked as children" 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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The statement is problematic because it assumes a causative relationship between spanking and incarceration without providing any evidence to support this claim. Correlation does not prove causation, and other factors may be at play in why a person ends up in prison. The fact that the information was obtained through a survey study further complicates matters, as self-reported data may not be entirely accurate.

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