There is a moderately strong correlation between the number of bars in a town and the number of churches in a town. As it turns out, this correlation is due to the correlation of both numbers of bars and number of churches with town population

This illustrates which of the following? Correlations are

a. unreliable.
b. no guarantee of causation.
c. variable.
d. indicative of causation.


Answer: B

Psychology

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