Question

Sarah described the following situation:

Answer 1

Answer:

This is an example of causation because the patient that took the medication recovered quicker than the patient that did not.

Step-by-step explanation:

Correlation is a statistical technique that shows that a relation exists between 2 variables but does not give any explanation about the relationship

Example: Correlation between Air Conditioner sales and sunglasses sold.

As the sales of the air conditioner is increasing so do the sales of sunglasses.

Causation is a statistical technique that shows a relation ship between 2 variable. It emphasizes the fact that  any change in the value of one variable will cause a change in the value of another variable.