2, (4 points) A study of 9,352 German children (von Kries et al., 1999) found that mothers who breast-feed their babies feel warmer and more reception toward the babies than
mothers who bottle-feed,
Suppose that the difference in attitude between breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding
mothers is found to be statistically significant, Can you legitimately conclude that
breastfeeding causes a mother to feel warmer toward her baby? If so, explain why, If not,
identify a potential confounding variable and explain how it provides an alternative
explanation for the results by linking it to both the explanatory and the response variable,