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Which situation most likely describes correlation and causation?

A. the number of songs downloaded and the number of people attending a concert
B. the number of pets owned and the amount of money spent at pet stores
C. the number of computers in a home and the number of movies watched
D. the number of bagels purchased and the number of hot chocolates purchased

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The correct option is C:

"the number of computers in a home and the number of movies watched"

Which situation most likely describes correlation and causation?

First, we say that there is a correlation between two variables x and y, if there is a dependency between these two variables.

For example, if we go to the first option.

You can expect that if a lot of people download the music of an artist, the there is a lot of people that likes that artist, and then the number of people attending the concert will be large, so there is a correlation between the two variables.

Similar with option B, if you have a lot of pets, you need to buy them a lot of food, so you will spend a lot on pet stores.

For option D we can take a similar assumption: We can assume that you need to drink something with your bagel, so there may be a correlation between the two variables. (the two variables being a type of food).

Finally, for option C, there is no real relation between number of computers and number of movies watched (as the number of movies that you can watch does not depend on the number of computers that you have a home).

So here we have no correlation, then this is the correct option.

If you want to learn more about correlation:

https://brainly.com/question/4219149

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