data was collected on the price of a hot - do...
data was collected on the price of a hot - dog and a drink at twenty different baseball stadiums. it was found that when the price of a hot - dog was low, the price of a drink was low and that when the price of a hot - dog was high, the price of a drink was high. which statements are correct? a: causation means that one event causes another event to occur. b: we cant conclude that the price of hotdogs causes the price of drinks. c: we can conclude that a high price for hotdogs causes a high price for drinks. d: we can conclude that the price of hotdogs and price of drinks are not correlated. e: it is likely that the price of hotdogs and price of drinks are caused by a third factor.
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# Explanation:
## Step1: Understand causation concept
Causation indeed means one - event causes another to occur, so statement A is correct.
## Step2: Analyze correlation and causation
Just because the price of hot - dogs and drinks are correlated (when one is high, the other is high; when one is low, the other is low), we cannot conclude causation. There could be a third - factor influencing both prices, so we can't say the price of hot - dogs causes the price of drinks. Statement B is correct and C is incorrect.
## Step3: Check correlation
The data shows a relationship between the price of hot - dogs and drinks, so they are correlated, and statement D is incorrect.
## Step4: Consider third - factor
It is likely that there is a third factor (such as overall stadium pricing policy, cost of living in the area of the stadium, etc.) that affects both the price of hot - dogs and drinks, so statement E is correct.
# Answer:
A. Causation means that one event causes another event to occur; B. We can't conclude that the price of hotdogs causes the price of drinks; E. It is likely that the price of hotdogs and price of drinks are caused by a third factor.