Question

Analyze the following statement:

Marcus notices that he runs faster in the mornings rather than the evenings.

Is the statement an example of correlation or causation?

A. Correlation, because time of day doesn't cause a person to run faster or slower
B. Causation, because Marcus has noticed this over several trials
C. No relationship, because time of day has nothing to do with how fast a person runs
D. There is not enough information to make a conclusion

Answer 1

Correlation. The time of day doesn't cause a person to run faster or slower- it could be that just waking up from sleeping makes him go faster, or his breakfast does, but not the time of day directly. I would say D.) there isn't enough information because there could be lots of different reasons being why he would be slower in evening and faster in the morning

Answer 2

So which is it?