Observational studies, such as the study that demonstrated that people who eat a Mediterranean diet live longer, healthier lives, are able to demonstrate cause and effect between two variables just like a well designed experiment.

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Linnea

3 January, 06:13

Observational studies, such as the study that demonstrated that people who eat a Mediterranean diet live longer, healthier lives, are able to demonstrate cause and effect between two variables just like a well designed experiment.

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Jayson Carey · Answer 1

The correct answer is False

Explanation: Observational studies are not able to rule out other potential variables, as they do not have a control group and a lack of confounding variables

Observational studies, such as the study that demonstrated that people who eat a Mediterranean diet live longer, healthier lives, are able to demonstrate cause and effect between two variables just like a well designed experiment.True/False

Observational studies, such as the study that demonstrated that people who eat a Mediterranean diet live longer, healthier lives, are able to demonstrate cause and effect between two variables just like a well designed experiment.

True/False