A correlational study on the hyperactive behavior of fifth grade emotionally disturbed children found that hyperactivity increased on those days when children had consumed large amounts of candy. The researchers concluded that the hyperactive behavior could be decreased by reducing or eliminating candy from the children’s diet. Is the conclusion justified? Explain your answer
Not justified
Because regression does not lead to causation
Regression deals with dependence amongst variables within a model. But it cannot always imply causation. For example, we stated above that rainfall affects crop yield and there is data that support this. However, this is a one-way relationship: crop yield cannot affect rainfall.
A correlational study on the hyperactive behavior of fifth grade emotionally disturbed children found that hyperactivity increased on those days when children had consumed large amounts of candy. The...
7. A correlational study on the hyperactive behavior of fifth grade emotionally disturbed children found that hyperactivity increased on those days when children had consumed large amounts of candy. The researchers concluded that the hyperactive behavior could be decreased by reducing or eliminating candy from the children’s diet. Is the conclusion justified? Explain your answer.
Interpreting correlation: A correlation study on the hyperactive behavior of fifth-grade emotionally disturbed children found that hyperactivity increased on days when the children had consumed large amounts of candy. The researchers concluded that the hyperactive behavior could be decreased by reducing or eliminating the candy from the children’s diets. Is their conclusion correct?