If It Appears That Ice Cream and Crime Rates Are

question 32

Multiple Choice

If it appears that ice cream and crime rates are related, but what is actually happening here is that both are related to weather patterns, what kind relationship do we have between ice cream and crime?

• A) Causal
• B) Incidental
• C) Spurious
• D) False

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