Using an example taken from WebMD, this Khan Academy video (10 minutes long) explains the difference between correlation and causality by examining an article that looks at breakfast eating habits and obesity:
Discover More Understanding why correlation does not imply causality
From this, students could find other examples of studies (perhaps referred to in the health sections of newspapers) and identity whether the author seems to be suggesting that causality exists, when it is in fact merely correlation.
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