A magazine then reports that bagpipes cause divorce. Explain the problem with th
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A magazine then reports that bagpipes cause divorce.
Explain the problem with the magazine's conclusion using the three types of evidence Cook and Campbell (1979) use to identify causality.
A. Temporal precedence...
B. Convariation of cause & effect...
C. Alternative explanation...
The Telegraph Home News World Sport Finance Comment Culture Travel USA Asia China Europe Middle East Australasia Africa Sou HOME » NEWS WORLD NEWS NORTH AMERICA > USA Bagpipes give you more than earache By Nicola Woolcock 12.01AM BST 25 Aug 2003 The sound of bagpipes has always been a distinctive and somewhat acquired taste. What do we need to ask to determine causality? But acoustic experts claimed yesterday that, as well as inducing carache, the instrument could be linked to hearing loss, repetitive strain injury and alcoholism. A survey has also found that having a passion for the pipes can contribute to the breakdown of players' marriages. Once used as an instrument of war, the bagpipes are dangerous and should come with a health warming, says the report by Piper & Drummer magazine. It has issued health and safety guidelines warning pipers to wear earplugs and telling them not to stand too close when practising. About 10 per cent of players said their hobby had ended their marriages while 84 per cent knew pipers who were alcoholics. http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/08/early-morning-smokers-have-higher-cancer-risk/?hptwhe_c2Explanation / Answer
Answer - Option 3 - Alternative explanation.
Alternative explanation puts the previous conclusion in question. In this case it was believed that playing bagpipes caused their divorce but the new result, bagpipes cause the divorce questions the previous report.
Co-variation relates to the change in the dependent variable when we make changes in the independent variable and Temporal Precedence explains that cause occurred first and then the effect.
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