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The most common abuse of correlation in studies is to confuse the concepts of correlation with those of causation.

Good SAT scores do not cause good college grades, for example. Rather, there are other variables, such as good study habits and motivation, that contribute to both. Find an example of an article that confuses correlation and causation.

Discuss other variables that could contribute to the relationship between the variables.

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