Question

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.
pls help

Answer 1

It's correlation. A causal relationship between two events exist if the occurrence of the first causes the other. The first event is called the cause and the second event is called the effect. A correlation between two variables does not imply causation. It may sound complicated but think of it like this. They are co related but they don't really effect one another, they just happen to occur at the same time. I really hope this helps. Let me know if I got anything wrong ok!