In which example could causation reasonably be determined? John decides to figure out whether boys or girls are better free throw shooters by asking equal numbers of boys and girls to shoot 10 free throws and seeing
who makes the most
Hugh decides to see which ice cream tastes the best. Each day he begins eating a new half gallon of a different brand and measuring how much he eats
before he gets tired of it. Whichever brand he eats the most of before getting tired of it must be the best.
A company is trying to determine whether their cancer drug works. They do a study with a control and experimental group keeping race, gender, age, and
other variables that could affect the outcome spread evenly between the two groups.
Alex correlates between the price of a car and how fast they drive on the highway. He feels that if there is a high correlation he can determine that the price
causes the cars to drive faster.