A research study finds sports car drivers are more likely,per capita,to die in a car crash.The makers of a sedate family sedan take delight in referring to this fact in their ads.Why are they not justified in using this finding to claim their cars are safer?

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The study's findings may be influenced by the fact that sports car drivers might inherently be more prone to risky driving behaviors, not necessarily because the cars themselves are less safe. This means the correlation does not imply causation, and the family sedan makers cannot claim their cars are inherently safer based on this study alone.

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