Ice-cream sales and drowning cases rise together in summer. The best conclusion is:

  1. Drowning causes ice-cream sales
  2. There is no relationship at all
  3. They are correlated, but this does not prove that one causes the other
  4. Eating ice cream causes drowning
Answer

C) They are correlated, but this does not prove that one causes the other

Both are driven by a third factor (hot weather). Correlation ≠ causation — experiments are needed to test cause. SLO CS-11-D-02 · Understanding

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