Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 220: 29k

Answer

No, it is an observational study. We can say that: "Smoking during the third trimester is associetad with lower-birth-weight babies".

Work Step by Step

In order to claim causation we need to conduct a designed experiment. In this case, the researchers should control the smoking behaviour of the women: a selected group of women should smoke during the third trimester of pregnancy, while another group don't. But, this would be an unethical study.
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