Suppose that people who watch a lot of violence on TV are also particularly likely to behave aggressively. This relationship would NOT necessarily indicate that watching violence influences aggressive behavior because

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The statement "association does not prove causation" means that simply observing a correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that one variable causes the other. There may be other factors or variables at play that influence both the level of TV violence watched and aggression. Therefore, simply observing a correlation between the two is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that watching TV violence causes aggression.

Suppose That People Who Watch a Lot of Violence on TV