Can an epidemiologist who finds a correlation between the use of tanning beds and melanoma (an aggressive form of skin cancer) in college-age women conclude that tanning beds cause skin cancer?
O No, because the correlation would have to hold with males and females and in different age groups.
Yes, but only for college-age women.
O No, because correlation is not proof of causation.
Yes, but only melanoma skin cancer, not other forms of skin cancer.
Yes, as long as the correlation was statistically significant.