5) Data was collected on the sale of ice cream cones and air conditioners. It was found that when ice cream sales were low, air
conditioner sales tended to be low, and that when ice cream sales were high, air conditioner sales tended to be high.
Which statements are correct?
A)
A correlation means that one event causes another event to occur
B)
We can conclude that sales of ice cream cones and air conditioner are
positively correlated
We can't conclude that selling more ice cream cones causes more air
conditioners to be sold.
D)
We can conclude that an increase in ice cream cone sales causes an
increase in air conditioner sales.
E)
It is likely that the increase in the sales of both ice cream cones and air
conditioners are caused by a third factor.
6)