What Is the Most Accurate Statement About Correlations

question 69

Multiple Choice

What is the most accurate statement about correlations? 

• A)Apparent correlations between two or more variables can stimulate investigation and present possible solutions to be explored.
• B)Correlations prove cause-and-effect relationships.
• C)Correlations are worthless as a statistical analysis tool.
• D)All of these choices

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Definitions:

Explanatory Variables

Variables in a statistical model that are used to explain variations in the dependent variable, also known as independent variables.

Scatterplot

A type of graph used in statistics to display values for typically two variables for a set of data where the dots in the plot indicate the values obtained for each individual.

Explanatory Variable

A type of independent variable that is manipulated or categorized to measure its effect on a dependent variable.

Response Variable

A variable that measures the outcome of a study, often used as the dependent variable whose changes are tested against independent variables.