Question

Each data point on the scatter plot represents last month’s necklace and earring sales, in thousands of dollars, at one of the fourteen locations in a nationwide jewelry store chain. The correlation coefficient between necklace sales and earring sales is 0.98.


Wes says that an increase in necklace sales must cause an increase in earring sales. Ann says that an increase in earring sales must cause an increase in necklace sales. Who is correct?

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