Causal-relationship claim

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A statement that asserts that changes in a phenomenon (the response) are caused by differences in a received treatment or by differences in the value of another variable (an explanatory variable).

Such claims can be justified only if the observed phenomenon is a response from a well-designed and well-conducted experiment.

Curriculum achievement objectives reference

Statistical literacy: Level 8