What do the parallel research findings of "Eighty percent of prisoners in the United States were spanked as children" and "Seventy-five percent of college students in the United States were spanked as children" demonstrate?
A) The survey method leads to causal results.
B) Correlation does not prove causation.
C) Experimental designs cannot be replicated.
D) These statements do not demonstrate any problem.

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The parallel research findings demonstrate a correlation between being spanked as a child and later becoming a prisoner or college student. However, correlation does not prove causation, meaning that being spanked as a child is not necessarily the cause of becoming a prisoner or college student. Other factors could be at play.

What Do the Parallel Research Findings of "Eighty Percent of Prisoners