A study gathered data on 1000 randomly selected students and showed that students who took Latin in high school had much higher scores on a test of verbal English skills than those who did not take Latin. The study cannot conclude that taking Latin improves verbal English skills because:
A) the study was not an experiment.
B) the study was not double-blind.
C) of the placebo effect.
D) the verbal English test was faulty.

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Since the study was not an experiment, it cannot establish a cause-and-effect relationship. The study only observed a correlation between taking Latin and having higher scores on the verbal English test, but it cannot conclude that taking Latin improves verbal English skills.

A Study Gathered Data on 1000 Randomly Selected Students and Showed