Nora notices that every time she wears jewelry to work she has a very productive day and finishes all of her projects on time. When she doesn't wear jewelry, she struggles to get everything done by the end of the day. She concludes that wearing jewelry is the cause for her successful days at work and buys more jewelry. Is she correct?

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Quinten Christensen

16 December, 18:05

Nora notices that every time she wears jewelry to work she has a very productive day and finishes all of her projects on time. When she doesn't wear jewelry, she struggles to get everything done by the end of the day. She concludes that wearing jewelry is the cause for her successful days at work and buys more jewelry. Is she correct?

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Gretchen Murphy · Answer 1

The answer is no, at least not certainly.

Explanation:

In the example, Nora is counfounding corerlation with causation.

Correlation means two or more variables are related. For example, a study might find that children who eat breakfast perform better at school than those who do not. However, this does NOT mean there is a cause-effect relationship, as there could be other factors that affect the outcome.