Explain the phrase, "Correlation does not imply causation."
What will be an ideal response?
A correlation is not sufficient evidence to support a causal statement. The coefficient summarizes the degree to which scores on two variables "go together." That scores on two variables are correlated does not mean one variable causes the other. One possibility is that a third variable is causally related to both variables.
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a. one-third b. one-half c. two-thirds d. four-fifths e. nine-tenths
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a) encoding failure b) extinction of acoustic storage c) auditory decay d) the tip-of-the-tongue effect
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a. occur only in industrialized countries. b. signal the onset of her age of identity negotiation. c. be typical for an adolescent female. d. be highly unlikely to occur in the typical adolescent female.
If the sensory nerves all use exactly the same form of communication (a neural impulse), how, then, do we experience so many different kinds of sensations?
What will be an ideal response?