Weaknesses of correlational and regression studies

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1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of correlational and regression studies; discuss concepts such as positive and negative correlations, correlation coefficients, confounding, and causality.

2. You read an interesting study in the paper that says that during any given year, statistics show that ice cream consumption and the crime rate are correlated - as ice cream consumption rises, the crime rate rises; as ice cream consumption drops, so does the crime rate. Explain this spurious correlation.

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