The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 18 - Inference in Practice - Chapter 18 Exercises - Page 436: 18.40c

Answer

No

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We don't know whether the subjects were randomly assigned to a treatment, which is a necessary condition to conclude causation. Thus there is not enough evidence that requiring values affirmation training of all female students would greatly reduce the gender gap in the scores on science tests in college courses.
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