A.3.9.3 Find Your Cause

Author:Katie Akesson

People often use the phrase ‘correlation, not causation’ or ‘association, not causation’ to refer to these situations in which there is a relationship, but it is not a causal relationship. A causal relationship means that a change in one of the variables actually causes a change in the other variable.

Determine which condition each pair of variables has. Amount of power produced by solar panels and percentage of people wearing sunglasses while driving.

Select all that apply

A
Causal relationship.
B
The variables are strongly related, but a third factor might be the cause for the changes in the variables.
C
The variables are only weakly related.

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Length of a people's feet in inches and their men’s shoe size.

Select all that apply

A
Causal relationship.
B
The variables are strongly related, but a third factor might be the cause for the changes in the variables.
C
The variables are only weakly related.

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The number of hits by a certain baseball player per game for a season and the price of a barrel of oil on the day of the games.

Select all that apply

A
Causal relationship.
B
The variables are strongly related, but a third factor might be the cause for the changes in the variables.
C
The variables are only weakly related.

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A.3.9.3 Find Your Cause

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