The correlation between smoking and lung cancer shows that:
A. correlations may, in fact, give clues to real causes
B. there is no way of determining whether smoking causes lung cancer
C. smoking does not cause lung cancer
D. even strong correlations can be misleading
Answer: A
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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