Question

Ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks have a positive correlation. The conclusion that eating ice cream causes shark attacks is A) justifiable, because the milk in ice cream attracts sharks. B) justifiable, because a positive correlation implies causation. C) not justifiable, because a positive correlation negates causation. D) not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

Answer 1

I think that must be D

Answer 2

Answer: D)not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

Explanation:

Correlation: It indicates that there is relation between any two variablesor more than two variable.

Causation: It is a type of correlation where one variable if affects other variable directly.

Thus , Causation implies correlation.

But correlation does not imply causation.

Therefore, if there is a positive correlation between ice cream sales and shark attacks , then we can not say there is a causation as both are not linked directly.

Hence, the statement is not justifiable, because Ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer and both are not interlinked.