In a study of school districts in the United States,researchers found that the amount of money that the districts spent on their schools had an extremely high positive correlation with the amount of money they spent on consumable alcohol (such as wine or liquor).This must mean that
A)drinking heavily makes people want to spend more on education.
B)spending heavily on education makes people need to drink more.
C)spending on education and consumable alcohol seem to be related in some way.
D)there are serious errors in the data collection method used by these researchers.

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The study found a high positive correlation between the amount of money spent on schools and consumable alcohol, indicating that there is some kind of relationship between the two. However, the study cannot prove that one causes the other, as both variables may be influenced by other factors. Therefore, choices A and B are not supported by the evidence, and choice D is not a valid conclusion without more information about the data collection method.

In a Study of School Districts in the United States,researchers