Correlation Is Not Causation

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Correlation or Causation?

The inches of snowfall and the number of heart attacks

• Correlation

• Causation

The situation has correlation. Does it represent causation or just correlation?

The number of cars traveling over a busy holiday weekend and the number of accidents reported.

• Correlation

• Causation

Correlation or Causation?

Number of followers on social media and number of posts

• Correlation

• Causation

Identify the relationship between the two quantities in the given question as causation or just a correlation: An individual's decision to work in construction and his diagnosis of skin cancer.

• Correlation

• Causation

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What is an important thing to remember about correlation and causation?

• does

• will sometimes

• will always

• should

• could

• does not

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

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

• Correlation

• Causation

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

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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