Professor Stevens has found that students who tend to sit at the front of the classroom often perform better on class assessments.Based on his observations,he can say which of the following?
A) Students who sit at the front of the class are more motivated to learn.
B) Students who sit at the back of the class are lazy.
C) Sitting in the front of the class is correlated with higher grades.
D) Sitting in the front of the class causes higher grades on class assessments.

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The professor can only say that sitting in the front of the class is correlated with higher grades based on his observations. He cannot make absolute statements about the motivation or work ethic of students who sit at the front or back of the classroom, nor can he claim that sitting in the front directly causes higher grades.

Professor Stevens Has Found That Students Who Tend to Sit