Consider the following three statements: 1. As children grow older, their weight increases. 2. As children grow older, they expand their vocabulary. 3. As children's weight increases, their vocabulary expands. Does statement #3 describe a correlational relationship? A causal relationship? Explain your answer.

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Ronald Shaw

6 February, 04:34

Consider the following three statements: 1. As children grow older, their weight increases. 2. As children grow older, they expand their vocabulary. 3. As children's weight increases, their vocabulary expands. Does statement #3 describe a correlational relationship? A causal relationship? Explain your answer.

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Maria Avila · Answer 1

This would be a correlational relationship because Correlational Relationship means that the occurances can occur at the same time, they may be associated but one doesn't cause the other