A prestigious college is interested in factors that might be associated with better graduation rates. The administrators wonder whether there is a relationship between acceptance rates and graduation? rates, so they researched 50 schools and performed a regression analysis. They concluded that there is a significance relationship between graduation rates and admission rates for these schools. Would it be wise for the administrators at the college to conclude that lowering their admission rate? (i.e., making it harder to get? in) would help to increase their graduation? rates? Why or why? not?

Please select one of the words in the parenthesis that fits the sentence.

1. The administrators are assuming that there (is or is not) a? cause-and-effect relationship between graduation rate and acceptance rate. Since this was an (experiment, or observational study,) it (can or can not) be determined if a change in acceptance rate will cause a change in graduation? rate, so it (would or would not) be wise to draw this conclusion.