Correlation is a common statistic to measure a general linear relationship between two variables. Explain why correlation does not equal causation.
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It measures the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables. However, correlation does not imply causation. Causation means that one variable directly causes the other variable to change. For example, smoking causes lung cancer. In this Show more…
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