Question

Identify a reason why we should be skeptical of any claim or statistical evidence involving the following: A study shows that during the early 20th century, a strong correlation existed between the number of people who owned radios and the number of people put into insane asylums. Therefore, people who owned a radio were more likely to be declared insane and put into an insane asylum.a. correlation does not imply causality b. misleading graph c. self-interest survey d. voluntary response survey

Answer 1

Option A

Explanation:

Correlation does not imply causality. Correlation shows whether and how strongly pairs of variables are related.

Causality shows a situation between two events where one event is affected by the other

We would be skeptical of this survey because it is very difficult to assume that people who owned a radio were more likely to be declared insane and put into an insane asylum as listening to the radio cannot cause insanity unless proven.