Correlation and Causation

Amount of Education and Amount of income

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• No Correlation

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Number of days absent from school vs. math average

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• No Correlation

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Test scores vs. shoe sizes

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• No Correlation

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

Which one of these examples is NOT an example of CAUSATION?

• Kryptonite causes Superman to lose all his powers.

• Temperatures of less than 32˚F cause water to freeze.

• Umbrellas cause rainstorms.

• Stepping on the gas pedal causes a car to move faster.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

If one factor is responsible for change in another factor then it means there is causation.

True or False

• True

• False

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Identify the relationship: when it rains several inches, the water level of a lake increases?

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• No association

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Identify the relationship: the speed you drive and the amount of fuel you use.

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• No association

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Identify the relationship: The number of people living in a house and the years since the house was built

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• No association

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

A correlation shows that two things are

• related
• causing each other
• unrelated

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

According the concept of _____________, events occur in predictable, nonrandom ways. One event leads to another.

• correlations
• dependent variables
• causation
• sociology

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3