Education and graduation rate statistics for 50 US states were collected from local high schools. One analysis of this data found a strong connection between education and income indicating that higher levels of education in a community correspond to lower income. Which of the potential problems with samples discussed below could explain this connection?

A. Self-selected samplesB. Undue InfluenceC. CausalityD. Problems with samples

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Ingrid Tanner

11 February, 11:12

Education and graduation rate statistics for 50 US states were collected from local high schools. One analysis of this data found a strong connection between education and income indicating that higher levels of education in a community correspond to lower income. Which of the potential problems with samples discussed below could explain this connection?

A. Self-selected samplesB. Undue InfluenceC. CausalityD. Problems with samples

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Elliott Stone · Answer 1

c) Causality

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose the economy is going through a recession and the hardest hit jobs are the ones that have a very high level of education. Here the recession is causing it to seem like higher levels of education in a community correspond to lower-income.