Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: In 1973, a remote town first acquired television. Shortly before broad

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In 1973, a remote town first acquired television. Shortly before broadcasts began there, a study was made of children's behavior. A similar study in the same community, after two years of TV, showed that the aggression rate among children of this age had increased by 160%. The conclusion drawn was that TV plays an important role in generating aggressive behavior in children. - The assumption is that there is no alternate cause. The conclusion would be shattered if there were an alternate cause, such as societal, economic, or cultural. 

A second study, covering the same years, was made in two similar communities that had had television for decades. This study showed no change in the aggression rate from 1973 to 1975. - The second study confirms that there are no alternate causes because, had any alternate causes, such as societal, economic, cultural, etc., that would have impacted the aggression rates in the 2nd study, the two areas covered in the second
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