Question

Over the past decade, there has been a strong positive correlation between teacher salaries and prescription drug costs.
(a) Do you think paying teachers more causes prescription drugs to cost more? Explain your answer.
Select the correct answer:
A. Yes, a strong correlation implies causation.
B. No, a strong correlation implies causation.
C. No, a strong correlation does not imply causation.
D. Yes, a strong correlation does not imply causation.

Answer 1

correlation does not imply causation

though people often mistakenly think it does

Answer 2

because of lurking variables?

Answer 3

sorry i didnt see you had responded, i was working on my assignment