Rosa Works at a Gelato Shop and Observes That the Number

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Multiple Choice

Rosa works at a gelato shop and observes that the number of people buying gelato varies greatly from day to day. For a couple of weeks, she has recorded the number of people at the shop each day, as well as the daily temperature, and has observed a positive relationship between temperature and the number of customers. Based on her observations, Rosa should

• A) conclude definitively that people buy more gelato when the temperature rises.
• B) determine if there are other relevant factors and attempt to hold these constant before drawing conclusions.
• C) continue to gather data on the number of visitors and daily temperatures, because eventually other relevant variables will not matter.
• D) throw out the data if it does not show a perfect relationship between buying habits and temperature.

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