Question

If the number of people dying of heart disease in a city increases with the price of fuel, which of the following is the strongest possible statement of relationship?
A) Dying of heart disease is correlated with the price of fuel.
B) Dying of heart disease is caused by the price of fuel.
C) Dying of heart disease is associated with the price of fuel.
D) We cannot determine what relationship there is, if any.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option D.

Step-by-step explanation:

D) We cannot determine what relationship there is, if any.

Here, it cannot be a correlation because correlation means a connection between two or more things. Here these two events are not at all co related to each other. People dying of heart disease and price increase of fuel is not at all related.

Answer 2

Its a correlation not a causality, therefore the answer is A