Causation and Correlation

Which pair best represents a causation relationship?

• The number of people at the theater and the length of the show

• The amount of time exercising and muscle growth

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

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• No association

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

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• No association

Identify the relationship: when ice cream sales increase, incidents of sunburn increase.

• Correlation with causation

• Correlation without causation

• no association

For the statement below about the graph shown, decide if it implies correlation (the two events are related) or causation (the two events are related and one event caused the other). The rise in arcade revenue corresponds to the increase in computer science doctorates awarded in the U.S.

• Correlation

• Causation

• Application

• Explanation

• Interpretation

For the statement below about the graph shown, decide if it implies correlation (the two events are related) or causation (the two events are related and one event caused the other). The rise in arcade revenue corresponds to the increase in computer science doctorates awarded in the U.S.

• Correlation

• Causation

• Application

• Explanation

• Interpretation

For the statement below about the graph shown, decide if it implies correlation (the two events are related) or causation (the two events are related and one event caused the other). The less margarine that is consumed per capita, the lower the divorce rates in Maine will be.

• Correlation

• Causation

• Application

• Explanation

• Interpretation

An individual's decision to work in construction and his diagnosis of skin cancer.

• Correlation

• Causation

Correlation or Causation: when ice cream sales increase, incidents of sunburn increase?

• Correlation

• Causation

Correlation or Causation: the number of bus stops increases, the number of car sales decreases?

• Correlation

• Causation