Answer to Question #163828 in Statistics and Probability for suman

Question

Q1 - Q9 Austin has 2.5k subscribers on his “First date 101” YouTube channel. In order to produce videos that his subscribers will enjoy, he randomly selected 50 subscribers and investigated whether their dating history (represented by how many people that the subscriber has dated previously) affects the time they spent on his channel.--------------------

Q9 Austin found out that people who dated fewer people spent more time on his channel. As a result, he claims that less dating history causes people to watch longer. What is the main problem of making this causal statement?

A. Temporal precedence is not aligned with the direction of the cause

B. Alternative explanations for the relationship have not been ruled out

C. The sample he selected is not representative

Answer 1

According to the Austin's statement, The correct option from the above three given option is

(B) Alternative explanations for the relationship have not been ruled out.

Since Austin take a sample of $50$ subscribers and he found out that people who dated fewer people spent more time on his channel. Since The viewership increases When There is less number

of dating people.