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Positive correlations (Research Methods)

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There is a high positive correlation (0.74) between the eating of green Jello and development of cancer.

What does this correlation mean? What is a possible third variable that could explain this correlation?

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There is a high positive correlation between (.74) between the eating of green Jello and development of cancer. What does this correlation mean and what is a possible third variable that could explain this correlation?

This correlation means that people ...

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