A study finds that there is a strong correlation between being overweight and suffering a heart attack.

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A study finds that there is a strong correlation between being overweight and suffering a heart attack. Does this prove that being overweight causes heart attacks? Tell a story in which the correlation is the result of reverse causation. Tell a story in which the correlation is the result of an omitted variable.

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Economic Growth

ISBN: 9780273769293

3rd Edition

Authors: David N Weil

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