Quote Originally Posted by Adelaide View Post
This was not an experimental design, which generally means no inferential effect or causal inference can be established. Observational designs are great for establishing foundational work in psychology, particularly with theoretical topics like this, but are also prone to sampling bias and conclusions can be dangerous because the type of research cannot establish causal inference the way a complex design could. Rahman was correct.

The authors of the study were psychologists, by the way.
And here is what the Professor had to say.


Professor Brian Mustanski, director of the Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, who was not involved in the study told Newsweek this is the first study to look at three biological factors related to male sexual orientation together, and to see how they may interact to influence a man's sexual orientation.



"Their finding that each of these biomarkers are largely unrelated suggests that genes, hormones, and the immune system may have unique influences on the development of a man's sexual orientation," he said.....snip~



Notice how that differs with Rahmans opinion
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