When variables are related to each other, why might this be the case? And, when two variables are strongly related to one another, does it mean that a change in one causes a change in the other? Why or why not?You're the director of the local health clinic, and you and the city's school district are conducting a study to examine the relationship between school dropout rate and teenage pregnancy. One of the local legislators has gotten a copy of the study and made the following statement to the press: "It's obvious that the longer children stay in school, the less likely they are to become pregnant." What's wrong with that statement?For the following set of scores, calculate the Pearson correlation coefficient and interpret the outcome. Budget Increase Number of Clients Served 7% 11% 3% 14% 5% 13% 7% 26% 2% 8% 1% 3% 5% 6% 4% 12% 4% 11% Rank the following correlation coefficients on strength of their relationship (list the weakest first): .71 .36.45 .47.62How do you explain the observation that if parents wave garlic over an infant's crib, the child is likely to begin walking between 18 and 24 months of age? These two events are closely