Tysha notices that every time she wears jewelry to work she has a very productive day and finishes all her projects on time.When she doesn't wear jewelry she struggles to get everything done.She concludes that wearing jewelry is the cause for her successful days at work and buys more jewelry.Is she correct?
A) Yes; she is using an experimental design to draw causal links.
B) Yes; she is using a correlation to draw causal conclusions.
C) No; she cannot make causal claims from correlations.
D) No; there is no relationship between the variables at all.

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Tysha is making a correlation between wearing jewelry and productivity at work. However, correlation does not imply causation. There may be other factors at play that contribute to her productivity, and simply wearing jewelry may not be the only cause. Therefore, she cannot make a causal claim based solely on this correlation.

Tysha Notices That Every Time She Wears Jewelry to Work