A recent study found that married people are less likely to have personality disorders than unmarried people. The news reporter covering the study advised people to get married to improve their personalities. You know this recommendation is not warranted because
A) correlational research is invalid.
B) it is possible that personality disorders keep people from marrying.
C) these findings are unlikely to be replicated.
D) Occam's razor rules out a relationship between marriage and personality disorders.

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The reporter's recommendation is not warranted because it is possible that those with personality disorders may have difficulty finding and maintaining marriages, rather than the other way around. This means that the correlation found in the study does not necessarily imply causation.

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