Survey research uncovers a strong positive correlation between family size and parental patience.Which of the following conclusions can accurately be made?
A) Parents with large families learn to be more patient with their children.
B) Children in large families are better behaved.
C) Impatient parents have fewer children.
D) None of the above;correlation and causation are not the same thing.

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Correlation does not imply causation, so we cannot conclude any causal relationship between family size and parental patience based solely on the correlation.

Survey Research Uncovers a Strong Positive Correlation Between Family Size