Reading and understanding nutrition labels on foods may be an important precursor to dietarychange. Researchers randomly selected four medical clinics in Missouri. A total of 885 patients wereasked to complete a survey while waiting to see their physicians. The study found that those whoread labels tended to have better diets. Can the researchers conclude that reading nutrition labels onfoods causes patients to have better diets?(A) No, because the 885 respondents do not represent a simple random sample.(B) No, this was an observational study so the researchers can only claim an association.(C) Yes, because the use of randomization in the study allows for cause and effect conclusions.(D) Yes, because the sample size of 885 is sufficiently large.(E) The researchers can only claim a cause and effect relationship among individuals similar to thepatients who completed the survey.

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