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Correlation and causation

Ice cream sales and drowning cases both rise in summer and have a strong positive correlation. What is the right conclusion?

A.Both are likely driven by a third factor, hot weather; correlation alone does not prove causationB.Eating ice cream causes drowningC.Drowning causes people to buy ice creamD.The correlation must be a data error

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