A town committee learns that there is a strong negative correlation between the number of inches of daily rainfall and the number of children who use the neighborhood playgrounds each day. If the committee were to conclude that high rainfall is caused by children not using the playground, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

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Tianna Kline

2 April, 15:47

A town committee learns that there is a strong negative correlation between the number of inches of daily rainfall and the number of children who use the neighborhood playgrounds each day. If the committee were to conclude that high rainfall is caused by children not using the playground, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

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Levi Pittman · Answer 1

C. direction-of-causation

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Complete Question:

A town committee learns that there is a strong negative correlation between the number of inches of daily rainfall and the number of children who use the neighborhood playgrounds each day. If the committee were to conclude that high rainfall is caused by children not using the playground, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

A. third-variable

B. direction-of-correlation

C. direction-of-causation

D. insufficient-knowledge

Direction of causation is use to establishing relation or correlation of causality if any of the variable considering is demonstrating association, is there a relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable.

The town committee will use direction of causation to determine there relative difference or similarity of the two variable (number of inche of daily rainfall and the number of children who plays on the playground