Math I - Correlation vs. Causation (1st) 3/6

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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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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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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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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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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Data is analyzed comparing hours studied and grades. It is determined that the correlation coefficient is 0.92. What does this mean?

• There is a strong positive correlation between studying and grades.

• There is a strong negative correlation between studying and grades.

• There is a weak positive correlation between studying and grades.

• There is a weak negative correlation between studying and grades.

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Data is collected comparing minutes of exercise each day and blood pressure. It is determined that the correlation coefficient is -0.87. What does this mean?

• There is a strong negative correlation between exercise and blood pressure.

• There is a weak negative correlation between exercise and blood pressure.

• There is a strong positive correlation between exercise and blood pressure.

• There is no correlation between exercise and blood pressure.

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Estimate the correlation coefficient

• r= -0.9

• r= 0.9

• r=-0.5

• r=0.5

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r=0.3

• Strong positive 
• Weak positive
• Strong negative
• Weak negative 

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Estimate the correlation coefficient for this scatterplot. 

• r = -0.9
• r = 1
• r = 0.9
• r = -1

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