You make the observation that friends living in Hoey dorm are sick more often than those in Cannon dorm. At dinner with friends you hear that the pipes carrying water are older in Hoey than Cannon. Using the scientific method you could:
Select one:
Conclude that bad water is causing students to get sick
Conclude because there are more students in Hoey, by chance more get sick than in Cannon
Draw no conclusion because there has been no test of the observation
Conclude that bad water due to pipes on campus causes sickness in people
Conclude that Cannon dorm is definitely a safer place to live
The only information we have in our hand that is “old pipe in the Hoey dorm” where several kinds of infectious bacteria and fungi (mold) can reside in the old pipe (rusty) and this condition may influence the quality of water and these pathogen may present significantly in the drinking water and can make people sick more often. Therefore, in the given scenario best option would be “Conclude that bad water due to pipes on campus causes sickness in people” remaining choices are either incorrect or partially correct.
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