Ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks have a positive correlation. the conclusion that eating ice cream causes shark attacks is a) justifiable, because the milk in ice cream attracts sharks. b) justifiable, because a positive correlation implies causation. c) not justifiable, because a positive correlation negates causation. d) not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

D)not justifiable, because ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Correlation: It indicates that there is relation between any two variablesor more than two variable.

Causation: It is a type of correlation where one variable if affects other variable directly.

Thus , Causation implies correlation.

But correlation does not imply causation.

Therefore, if there is a positive correlation between ice cream sales and shark attacks , then we can not say there is a causation as both are not linked directly.

Hence, the statement is not justifiable, because Ice cream sales and shark attacks both rise during the summer and both are not interlinked.

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