Maria finds that there is a correlation between a student’s amount of missing homework and their low test scores.

Question

Based on this correlation alone, Maria can conclude that missing homework causes low test scores.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

B. False

Correlation does not imply causation. Just because there is a correlation between missing homework and low test scores does not mean that missing homework causes low test scores. There may be other factors at play that are causing both missing homework and low test scores.