ver the past decade, there has been a strong positive correlation between teacher salaries and prescription drug costs. (a) Do you think paying teachers more causes prescription drugs to cost more? Explain your answer. No. A strong correlation implies causation. No. A strong correlation does not imply causation.     Yes. A stong correlation does not imply causation .Yes. A strong correlation implies causation.

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Over the past decade, there has been a strong positive correlation between teacher salaries and prescription drug costs.

(a) Do you think paying teachers more causes prescription drugs to cost more? Explain your answer.
No. A strong correlation implies causation.
No. A strong correlation does not imply causation.  
  Yes. A stong correlation does not imply causation
.Yes. A strong correlation implies causation.


(b) What lurking variables might be causing the increase in one or both of the variables? Explain your answer.
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