Consider the following three statements: As children grow older, their weight increases. As children grow older, they expand their vocabulary. As children's weight increases, their vocabulary expands. Does statement #3 describe a correlational relationship? A causal relationship? Explain your answer.

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Drake Hooper

28 February, 22:08

Consider the following three statements: As children grow older, their weight increases. As children grow older, they expand their vocabulary. As children's weight increases, their vocabulary expands. Does statement #3 describe a correlational relationship? A causal relationship? Explain your answer.

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Guillermo Schultz · Answer 1

This would be a correlational relationship.

Correlational relationship means the occurances can occur at the same time ... they might be associated but one does not cause the other.

Casual relationship is basically a cause/effect relationship ... one event occurs because of the other.

Just because a childs weight increases, does not mean their vocabulary expands ... there are skinny people with great vocabulary. However, that does not mean that a " chubby " person cannot have good vocabulary.