A Town Committee Learns That There Is a Strong Negative

question 127

Multiple Choice

A town committee learns that there is a strong negative correlation between the number of inches of daily rainfall and the number of children who use the neighborhood playgrounds each day. If the committee were to conclude that high rainfall is caused by children not using the playground, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

• A) third-variable
• B) direction-of-correlation
• C) direction-of-causation
• D) insufficient-knowledge

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