Question

An epidemiologist looks at a compilation of studies done at a medical center in which they have cataloged the lifestyle and habits of thousands of women. When she looks at the women in this group who have contracted breast cancer versus those who are healthy, she finds that women who have breast cancer drink more milk than those who do not have cancer. Does this mean that drinking milk causes breast cancer

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No this is Not. Basically,it is a known fact that correlation does not imply  causation, The facts that two events  occur together does not mean that one cause the investigating  effect or action  on the other,

 Therefore, the  fact that the cancer group is associated with  drinking of  more milk is not a valid reason  to conclude that   milk is a causative factor of cancer in these women group.Scientifically it is wrong to deduce conclusion about two variables solely because their is a strong correlation between them.

Breast cancer is generally related to age( older women are more prone), obesity, family history of breast cancer,  the female gender and  prolong exposure to radiation among other causes.

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