The sale of ice cream cones and the number
of children who drown in swimming pools in Chicago both increase during the summer months. The increase in ice cream cone sales and children drowned are probably both explained by rising temperatures. When the temperature rises, a large number of people purchase ice cream to stay cool. Also, a large number of people go swimming and accidentally drown. This suggests that there is a _________________ between ice cream sales and the number of drownings.
a. positive correlation b. negative correlation c. spurious correlation d. none of the above
C
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