Suppose You Asked the Following Two Questions of a Group

Multiple Choice

Suppose you asked the following two questions of a group of 100 children: "How much time do your parents spend reading to you each day?" and "What are your grades in school?" You find that children whose parents read to them for more than one hour each day have better grades than children whose parents read to them for only a few minutes each day.What could you conclude from this pattern of data?

A) Reading by parents causes children to do better in school.
B) Parental reading time and grades are positively correlated.
C) Parental reading time and grades are uncorrelated.
D) Better students cause their parents to spend more time reading to them.