A researcher finds that people who own more than two cars have bigger homes,more garage space,and make more money than people who own only one or two cars.The researcher's inference that having more than two cars causes people to have homes with bigger garages is lacking which type of causal evidence?

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The inference is lacking evidence that eliminates alternative explanations for the observed relationship. It's possible that having a bigger home or more money leads to owning more cars, rather than owning more cars causing one to have a bigger home or garage.

A Researcher Finds That People Who Own More Than Two