Dr. Ravi calculates a correlation coefficient of +0.98 between the amount of ice cream sales and the number of assaults committed during one summer. From this correlation coefficient, Dr. Ravi can conclude that eating ice cream causes people to fight.

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Correlation does not imply causation. The high correlation coefficient only indicates a strong association between the two variables, but it does not prove that one variable causes the other. There may be other factors at play that contribute to both ice cream sales and assaults.

Dr Ravi Calculates a Correlation Coefficient of +0