Professor Jamison is studying the impact of alcohol consumption on driving impairment.She divides participants into two groups.One group gets the treatment,in this case alcohol,and the other group does not.Participants then complete a task to measure their reaction time.Professor Jamison finds that those who had consumed alcohol had a slower reaction time than those who did not consume alcohol.She then concludes that alcohol consumption would impair driving ability.Why is she able to reach this conclusion?
A) She can make this conclusion because she adhered to all research ethics.
B) She did not use deception in her study,making her results more accurate.
C) Her experiment tested theoretical principles that can help explain everyday behaviors.
D) She cannot make this conclusion because participants did not drive in the study.

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Professor Jamison's experiment tested the theoretical principle that alcohol consumption impairs driving ability, and the results of the experiment support this principle. Therefore, since the experiment was well-designed and produced reliable results, Professor Jamison can make the conclusion that alcohol consumption impairs driving ability based on these results.

Professor Jamison Is Studying the Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Driving