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It's still just a correlation, and there's a problem with the article: Of course, there are other factors that could contribute to the increase in interracial
by abalone 9y ago
It's still just a correlation, and there's a problem with the article:
Of course, there are other factors that could contribute to the increase in interracial marriage.... [But] “The change in the population composition in the U.S. cannot explain the huge increase in intermarriage that we observe,” say Ortega and Hergovich.
That leaves online dating as the main driver of this change.
Except there are more than two possible explanations for this correlation. For example, attitudes towards interracial marriage may have changed in the past couple decades. Therefore this is faulty logic (on the part of the author who wrote this summary, who is different from the researchers).
The study makes a good case for online dating playing a role, but it falls short of establishing it as "the main driver."
- 0xcde4c3db 9y ago> attitudes towards interracial marriage may have changed in the past couple decades That's an understatement. According to Gallup polls, Americans approving of interracial marriage were a minority until the mid '90s, and the last poll in 2013 showed 87% approval [1]. [1] http://news.gallup.com/poll/163697/approve-marriage-blacks-whites.aspx http://news.gallup.com/poll/163697/approve-marriage-blacks-w...