(Last Word) If Variables X and Y Are Positively Correlated

question 216

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) If variables X and Y are positively correlated, this means that

• A)X is the cause of Y.
• B)Y is the cause of X.
• C)causation necessarily exists, but we don't know whether X or Y is the cause.
• D)causation may or may not exist between X and Y.

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Definitions:

Partnership Form

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