Question

Maria finds that there is a correlation between a student’s amount of missing homework and their low test scores. True/False: From this correlation, Maria can conclude that missing homework causes low test scores Responses True True - no response given False

Answer 1

False. Correlation does not imply causation. While there may be a relationship between missing homework and low test scores, this does not mean that one causes the other. There could be other factors at play influencing both missing homework and low test scores.