12 questions
The number of firemen increases as the size of the fire increases. Is this association or causation?
Association
Causation
Neither
Correlation or Causation: when ice cream sales increase, incidents of sunburn increase?
Correlation
Causation
Which one of these examples is NOT an example of CAUSATION?
Kryptonite causes Superman to lose all his powers.
Temperatures of less than 32˚F cause water to freeze.
Umbrellas cause rainstorms.
Stepping on the gas pedal causes a car to move faster.
The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books. Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 220 pages.
22 chapters
20 chapters
18 chapters
26 chapters
The scatterplot shows the temp, in degrees, outside a house every hour for 10 hours.
Estimate the temp after 3 hours.
59.5
58
61
60.5