You hypothesize that studente who spend time with poors that drink alcohol will be more likely to start drinking alcohol because of pool influence. You decide to survey students about who their friends are whether or not those friends drink, and also whether each participant drinks alcohol. You are excited to find that participants who drink alcohol are more likely to have friends who drink alcohol -and participants who don't drink alcohol are less likely to have friends who drink alcohol. Did you successfully test your hypothesis? A. Yes-this is proof for the hypothesis. B. Yes-this supports the hypothosis. C. No-this provides support against the hypothesis. D. No-but it does not provido support against our hypothesis. E. Not enough information is given to say.

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You hypothesize that studente who spend time with poors that drink alcohol will be more likely to start drinking alcohol because of pool influence. You decide to survey students about who their friends are whether or not those friends drink, and also whether each participant drinks alcohol. You are excited to find that participants who drink alcohol are more likely to have friends who drink alcohol -and participants who don't drink alcohol are less likely to have friends who drink alcohol. Did you successfully test your hypothesis? A. Yes-this is proof for the hypothesis. B. Yes-this supports the hypothosis. C. No-this provides support against the hypothesis. D. No-but it does not provido support against our hypothesis. E. Not enough information is given to say.

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D. No—but it does not provide support against our hypothesis.The study found a correlation between an individual's drinking habits and their friends' drinking habits. However, this correlation doesn't demonstrate *why* this relationship exists. It's possible that peer influence causes some students to start drinking (as the hypothesis suggests). However, it's equally plausible that students who drink alcohol seek out friends who also drink, or that some other factor influences both who someone becomes friends with *and* their likelihood of drinking. The study design doesn't allow us to determine the direction of causality. Therefore, while the findings don't contradict the hypothesis, they don't confirm it either.

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