Farmer Brown was observing the mice that live in his field. He discovered that all of them were either fat or thin. Also, all of them had either black tails or white tails. This made him wonder if there might be a link between the size of the mice and the color of their tails. So he captured all of the mice in one part of his field and observed them. Below are the mice that he captured Is there a link between the size of the mice and the color of their tails?

Correct answer: A. appears to be a link

  • A. appears to be a link
  • B. appears not to be a link
  • C. cannot make a reasonable guess
  • D. The size causes the tail color to change

Explanation

With very few exceptions, fat mice usually have black tails and small mice had white tails. However, this relationship is not enough to establish causality

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