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Question: Correlation blunders Each of the following statements contains an error. Explain what's wrong in each case.

(a) "There is a high correlation between the gender of American workers and their income."

(b) "We found a high correlation (r = 1.09) between students' ratings of faculty teaching and ratings made by other faculty members."

(c) "The correlation between planting rate and yield of corn was found to be r = 0.23 bushel."

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