Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Exercise 1

Critical thinking Lurking Variables over the past few years, there has been a strong positive correlation between the annual consumption of diet soda drinks and the number of traffic accidents.
(a) Do you think increasing consumption of diet soda drinks causes traffic accidents Explain.
(b) What lurking variables might be causing the increase in one or both of the variables Explain.