Correlation and Causation

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• High social media usage and reduced grades.
• Car ran out of gas and being stranded on the side of the road.
• Recess time and classroom behavior in elementary school

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which example shows CORRELATION?

• I ate a hananero pepper and my mouth feels like it is on fire.
• Music lessons and brain development.
• I stepped on a spider and it died.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• Stress level and desire for chocolate.

• Eating more butter and increased divorce rates.

• It started raining and the baseball game was delayed.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Which example shows CORRELATION?

• I put water in the freezer and now I have ice.

• The alarm clock went off and I woke up.

• Temperature and the amount of people at the beach.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Which example shows a CORRELATION? (The events show correlation, but one thing does NOT cause the other thing to happen.)

• It rained and the ground is wet.

• Ice cream sales increase as temperature increases.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

the number of bus stops increases, the number of car sales decreases

• Correlation

• Causation

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

when there is more protein in an athlete's diet, the athlete scores more points in a game

• Correlation

• Causation

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• Being happy and being a better student.
• An insect ate poison and it died.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3