Question

Imagine you are the director of the local health clinic and you and the city's school district are conducting a study to examine the relationship between school drop-out rates and teenage pregnancy. One of the school board members supports the initiative. In a press conference, he cites a recent study in and says: "It's obvious that longer children stay in school, the less likely they are to become pregnant."

What is wrong with this statement?

Answer 1

Imagine you are the director of the local health clinic and you and the city's school district are conducting a study to examine the relationship between school drop-out rates and teenage pregnancy. One of the school board members supports the initiative. In a press conference, he cites a recent study in and says: "It's obvious that longer children stay in school, the less likely they are to become pregnant."

What is wrong with this statement?

The idea is if student is drop out from the school then they will spend a more year in school, it will increase then probability of getting pregnant.

So, the statement given by the board member is incorrect and the correct statement is

"It's obvious that longer children stay in school, the more likely they are to become pregnant."