Which of the Following Is Correct

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is correct?

• A) Correlation and causation are synonyms.
• B) Shortly after a new president is elected into office,the unemployment rate goes down.One must conclude that the new president's economic policies are responsible for the economic upturn.
• C) The fact that two variables are correlated with each other does not mean that one causes the other.
• D) If two variables move together,then they are causally related.

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Definitions:

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