Question

Statement a: If a sales person in an electronics store wears red t shirt, he/she is able to sell a large number of televisions.
           Statement b: If the price of pizza is reduced, people buy pizza more often. Based on the above statements, identify the correct statement below:

Both statement a and statement b imply correlation

 

Both statement a and statement b imply causality

 

Statement a implies causality while statement b implies correlation

 

Statement b implies causality while statement a implies correlation​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

both a and b imply casuality

Answer 2

Option (c) is the correct option.
Statement a implies causality while statement b implies correlation.

Statement a:
If a salesperson in an electronics store wears a red t-shirt, he/she is able to sell a large number of televisions.
This statement clearly shows causality as there is no fixed relation between them. It is just a matter of sheer luck that whenever that salesperson wears red t-shirt more televisions are sold.
A t-shirt can never be a responsible factor for the less or more sale of the store.

Statement b:
If the price of pizza is reduced, people buy pizza more often.
This statement shows a clear relationship between the price of the pizza and the people buying it. When the prize of the pizza is reduced or is less more and more people will be able to afford it and hence more and more people will be able to buy it increasing its sale. However, if the price is increased it becomes less affordable and less people will be buying it decreasing its sale.
The price of a commodity is always responsible for the sale of that particular product.

So, statement a implies mere causality while statement b implies firm correlation.
Option (c) is correct.

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