False
• Correlation means that there is a relationship or patter between the two variables. A scatter plot displays the data about the two variables as a set of points in the x-y plane and it is a useful tool for determining if there is a correlation between the variables.
• Causation means the one event causes other event to occur. It can only be determined by designed experiment.
• While correlation and causation both can exist at the same time, correlation doesn’t imply causation.
• Causation explicitly applies only to cases where action P causes outcome Q whereas correlation is simply a relationship.
Correlation doesn’t prove causation.
There could be third variable associated with the size of engine which caused the truck to have greater horsepower. For example, it can be that manufacturers anticipate that consumers who wanted trucks with greater horsepower also prefered trucks with larger engines and therefore chooses to make trucks with larger horsepower.
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