Causation and Correlation

Which example shows CAUSATION? (Which one CAUSED the other to happen.)

• High social media usage and reduced grades.

• Car ran out of gas and being stranded on the side of the road.

• Recess time and number of friends.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Which example shows CAUSATION? (Which one CAUSED the other to happen.)

• Rainfall and time spent reading.

• 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? (The events show correlation, but one thing does NOT cause the other thing to happen.)

• 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.HSF-LE.A.1B

Which example shows CAUSATION? (Which one CAUSED the other to happen.)

• Being happy and being a better student.

• An insect ate poison and it died.

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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.HSF-LE.A.1B

Estimate the correlation coefficient for this scatterplot.

• r = 1.2
• r = 0.89
• r = 0
• r = -0.89

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

Which sentence describes the relationship shown on this scatterplot?

• As the temperature decreases, the visitors increase. 
• As the temperature increases, the number of visitors increases. 
• As the visitors increase, the temperature decreases. 
• No correlation

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

If there is NO correlation, the correlation coefficient is ____. 

• 1
• -1
• 0

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Which of the following is the WEAKEST negative correlation?

• -0.73

• - 0.34

• - 0.92

• - 0.57

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

A perfect negative correlation has a correlation coefficient of ____. 

• 1
• -1
• 0

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B