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AQL Academic and Quantitative Literacy VIP Practice Exam III
AQL — The AQL (Academic and Quantitative Literacy) test is part of the National Benchmark Tests (NBT) administered by CETAP (Centre for Educational Testing for Access and Placement) at the University of Cape Town; it assesses readiness for university-level study across two domains — Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy — and is used by South African universities for placement and admission decisions.
34
Questions
180m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 34👑 VIP
Read the following passage and answer the question. 'The persistent conflation of correlation with causation remains one of the most consequential errors in public discourse. When a newspaper reports that children who eat breakfast perform better at school, readers instinctively infer that breakfast causes academic success. Yet the relationship may be entirely explained by socioeconomic status: wealthier families both provide breakfast and invest more heavily in educational resources. Disentangling these variables demands controlled experimental designs that observational studies, by their very nature, cannot provide.' What is the primary purpose of the final sentence in this passage?
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