Question

A study determined that there is a strong correlation between eating breakfast and weight loss can I be determined that eating breakfast causes weight loss can it be determined that eating breakfast causes weight loss explain

Answer 1

No. Causation cannot be proven because weight loss can occur for other reasons, such as exercise and eating healthy.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

No, correlation does not imply causation.

Causation cannot be proven because weight loss can occur for other reasons, such as exercise and eating healthy

Explanation:

Even though the study shows a strong correlation between eating breakfast and weight loss, the study does not show a cause-and-effect relationship between those two variables.

Correlation indicates that the rates of weight loss and eating breakfast showed similar values over time, but, in this experiment, causation cannot be proven because weight loss can occur for other reasons, such as exercise and eating healthy.