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#Question id: 16899


Which of the following is not a possible explanation for this finding?

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology
  1. Something in tomato products causes lower risk of prostate cancer.
  2. There is a confounding variable that causes lower risk of prostate cancer, such as eating vegetables in general, that is also related to eating tomato products.
  3. A large number of food products were measured to test for a relationship, and tomato products happened to show a relationship just by chance.
  4. A large sample size was used, so even if there were no relationship, one would almost certainly be detected.