Choose the correct  There is a positive correlation between the size of a hospital (measured by number of beds) and the median number of days that patient remains in the hospital. Does this mean that you can shorten a hospital stay by choosing to go to a small hospital?    No – a negative correlation would allow that conclusion, but this correlation is positive.            Yes – the data show that stays are shorter in smaller hospitals.            No – the positive correlation is probably explained by the fact that seriously ill people go to larger hospitals.            Yes – the correlation can’t just be an accident.

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There is a positive correlation between the size of a hospital (measured by number of beds) and the median number of days that patient remains in the hospital. Does this mean that you can shorten a hospital stay by choosing to go to a small hospital?
  
No – a negative correlation would allow that conclusion, but this correlation is positive.
 
 
 
 
  
Yes – the data show that stays are shorter in smaller hospitals.
 
 
 
 
  
No – the positive correlation is probably explained by the fact that seriously ill people go to larger hospitals.
 
 
 
 
  
Yes – the correlation can’t just be an accident.
 
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