There is a strong positive correlation between the number of bars in a town and the number of banks in a town; that is, the more bars there are in a town, the more banks there tend to be as well. As it turns out, this relationship is due to the correlation of both the number of bars and the number of banks with the population of a town. This relationship between the number of bars and banks in a town is called a(n):
a. illusory correlation
b. spurious correlation
c. inverse correlation
d. dependent correlation
Ans: B
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