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As chocolate consumption increases, happiness increases. But only up to a point! When
you eat too much, the opposite pattern emerges. What weakness of correlation does
this illustrate?
1)Correlation is only for curvilinear relationships.
2)Correlation implies causation
3)Correlation is only for linear relationships
4)Correlation does not imply causation
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