Use the following to answer questions :

-Which numbered arrowheads in the figure represent instances of spurious causation?
A) 1 and 2
B) 1, 2, 3, and 4
C) 2, 4, and 6
D) 3, 4, 5, and 6

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Use the following to answer questions :
 
-Which numbered arrowheads in the figure represent instances of spurious causation?
A) 1 and 2 
B) 1, 2, 3, and 4 
C) 2, 4, and 6 
D) 3, 4, 5, and 6

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

1 and 2 are spurious causation because they represent a correlation between two variables that is not caused by a direct relationship between the variables.

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