Both might happen together due to a bright hot sun, so there is correlation.
However the glasses do not cause ice cream purchase and the ice cream does not cause sun glasses.
Data is collected on the number of ice cream cones sold in a shop on a certain day and the number of people wearing sunglasses visiting the shop that same day. What type of relationship is most likely to exist between these two variables?
A. positive correlation and causal relationship
B. negative correlation and causal relationship
C. positive correlation but not causal relationship
D. negative correlation but not causal relationship
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what is it then