ALG Week 6 Flex Lesson

What is the main point the video makes about the relationship between ice cream sales and issues like obesity, crime rates, drowning deaths, and forest fires?

• Ice cream sales directly cause these societal problems.

• These issues are unrelated to ice cream sales.

• There is a correlation between ice cream sales and these issues, but not necessarily causation.

• Increased ice cream sales lead to a decrease in these problems.

What does the term "correlation" mean?

• One thing directly causes another to happen.

• Two things are related, but one does not necessarily cause the other.

• Two things are completely unrelated.

• A statistical anomaly that has no real-world implications.

What third factor is identified as being correlated with both increased ice cream sales and an increase in forest fires, crime, and drowning deaths?

• Economic prosperity

• Global warming

• Weather conditions

• Population growth

How is causation typically proven, as exemplified by the pharmaceutical industry?

• By observing two things that happen at the same time.

• Through extensive and rigorous testing, often involving clinical trials and control groups.

• By finding a large amount of data that shows a relationship.

• By making a strong claim that one thing causes another.