Question

common issue with scatter plot​

Answer 1

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Interpreting correlation as causation

This is not so much an issue with creating a scatter plot as it is an issue with its interpretation. Simply because we observe a relationship between two variables in a scatter plot, it does not mean that changes in one variable are responsible for changes in the other.