A recent article published in the New York Times was titled "Happy children do chores". From this title, we should infer that:
A) There is quite possibly a third omitted variable relating to the nature of some families, where children are happy and do household chores.
B) Happiness causes children to do chores.
C) Children should be forced to do more chores around the house.
D) Doing chores causes children to be happy.

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The title suggests a correlation between happy children and doing chores, but it does not specify causation. It implies there might be an underlying factor (a third variable) that contributes to both happiness and the likelihood of doing chores, rather than one directly causing the other.

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