Before Jonas Salk Discovered a Vaccine to Prevent Polio,people Noticed

question 16

Multiple Choice

Before Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine to prevent polio,people noticed a correlation between outside temperature and the incidence of polio: The warmer the temperature over the course of the year,the more outbreaks of polio.This relationship is an example of a(n) ________ correlation.

• A) positive
• B) causal
• C) illusory
• D) negative
• E) spurious

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