Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisEasyDescribing a rising-together association
Problem-Solving and Data Analysis practice question
Over a summer, a town's weekly ice cream sales and its weekly count of sunburn cases were recorded. Weeks with higher ice cream sales tended to have more sunburn cases. Which of the following best describes the association between the two variables?
- A. A positive associationCorrect
- B. A negative association
- C. No association
- D. An association in which ice cream sales cause sunburn
Answer: A. A positive association
Both rise together: positive.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. A negative association
- A negative association would have one fall as the other rises.
- C. No association
- The variables move together.
- D. An association in which ice cream sales cause sunburn
- Association does not show cause; hot weather drives both.
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