If it appears that ice cream and crime rates are related, but what is actually happening here is that both are related to weather patterns, what kind relationship do we have between ice cream and crime?

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The relationship between ice cream consumption and crime rate is spurious because both are related to a third variable, which is weather patterns. This means that there is no direct causal relationship between ice cream and crime.

If It Appears That Ice Cream and Crime Rates Are