a) What does it mean if there is a correlation between two variables? b) What does...

a) What does it mean if there is a correlation between two variables?

b) What does "correlation doesn't always imply causation" mean?

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A.) Correlation is a statistical technique which tells us how strongly the pair of variables are linearly related and change together. It does not tell us why and how behind the relationship but it just says the relationship exists.

B.)Causation takes a step further than correlation. It says any change in the value of one variable will cause a change in the value of another variable, which means one variable makes other to happen. It is also referred as cause and effect.

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