Taylor sees a bar graph showing the average weight of adult males over the past 200 years and concludes that men get more obese over time.Taylor's conclusion may be wrong since she did not consider:
A)the features of construction.
B)omitted variables.
C)reverse causality.
D)tangent lines.

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Taylor's conclusion may be wrong because she did not consider omitted variables, which could be influencing the relationship between time and weight. Omitted variables are variables that are not included in the analysis, but are related to both the dependent and independent variables. In this case, there could be many other factors that are contributing to the increasing weight of adult males over time, such as changes in diet, lifestyle, or occupation, that are not captured by the bar graph. So, Taylor's conclusion is not accurate since she did not control for possible omitted variables.

Taylor Sees a Bar Graph Showing the Average Weight of Adult