What does the word “correlation” mean?, A connection or association between two variables that tend to change together, A situation in which one variable directly produces a change in another, A difference between two variables that cannot be explained by chance, What does the word “causation” mean?, A statistical pattern showing that two variables are related, A situation in which one factor directly brings a change in another, A tendency for two variables to change in the same direction, What does the phrase “confounding factor” mean?, A variable that makes a statistical result appear stronger than it really is, An additional variable that influences the results and makes the relationship between two variables harder to understand, A factor that has no measurable effect on the results, What does the phrase “misleading conclusion” mean?, A conclusion that seems reasonable but gives an inaccurate impression because it is based on incomplete or misinterpreted evidence, A conclusion that is supported by several independent studies, A conclusion that presents the results without expressing an opinion, What does the phrase “to account for something” mean?, To remove a variable from a study so that it cannot affect the results, To prove that something is responsible for a particular outcome, To take something into consideration or include it when explaining or calculating something, What does the phrase “interpret with caution” mean?, To accept the results as reliable unless there is evidence against them, To focus on the most obvious explanation of the results, To be careful when deciding what the results mean because they may be incomplete or unreliable, What does the phrase “establish a causal relationship” mean?, To identify a pattern showing that two variables are associated, To demonstrate that a change in one variable directly causes a change in another, To show that two variables are influenced by the same external factor

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