Ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks have a positive correlation. The conclusion that eating ice cream causes shark attacks is A) justifiable, because the milk in ice cream attracts sharks. B) justifiable, because a positive correlation implies causation. C) not justifiable, because a positive correlation negates causation. D) not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

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24-01-2018
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Ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks have a positive correlation. The conclusion that eating ice cream causes shark attacks is A) justifiable, because the milk in ice cream attracts sharks. B) justifiable, because a positive correlation implies causation. C) not justifiable, because a positive correlation negates causation. D) not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

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Аноним Аноним · Answer 1 · 2018-01-24T16:44:54+01:00

Аноним Аноним

24-01-2018

I think that must be D

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JeanaShupp JeanaShupp · Answer 2 · 2019-06-12T09:51:30+02:00

Answer: D)not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Correlation: It indicates that there is relation between any two variablesor more than two variable.

Causation: It is a type of correlation where one variable if affects other variable directly.

Thus , Causation implies correlation.

But correlation does not imply causation.

Therefore, if there is a positive correlation between ice cream sales and shark attacks , then we can not say there is a causation as both are not linked directly.

Hence, the statement is not justifiable, because Ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer and both are not interlinked.