Practice problem

Scatter Plots: Correlation vs. Causation

Scatter plot of the percentage of a population that's vegetarian vs. sale of chicken.

A grocery store chain did a survey of towns across the country to find percentage of a town that identifies as vegetarian compared to the amount of chicken their stores sell in that area. The results are plotted above. Is this correlation or causation?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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