What would a sociologist need to be convinced that religious intermarriage increases the likelihood of divorce?

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A sociologist would need actual data showing that couples where the partners are from different religious backgrounds have higher divorce rates in order to establish a causal relationship between religious intermarriage and divorce. An anecdotal story (choice A) or a common-sense argument (choice C) can be compelling, but they do not provide strong evidence for a quantitative relationship. Getting married to someone with different religious views (choice D) is not a necessary or ethical way to establish causation.

What Would a Sociologist Need to Be Convinced That Religious