Does Correlation Imply Causation

question 58

Short Answer

Does correlation imply causation?

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Definitions:

Hypergeometric Random Variable

A type of random variable that describes the number of successes in a sequence of n draws from a finite population without replacement.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical rule stating that for any data set, regardless of distribution, a minimum proportion of values lie within a certain number of standard deviations from the mean.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean, indicating how spread out the data are.

Mean

Calculating the average involves summing all numbers in a set and then dividing by the quantity of those numbers.