options: Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.

Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decisions.

Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

Understand and evaluate random processes underlying statistical experiments.

Summarize and describe distributions.

Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.

Use the rules of probability to compute probabilities of compound events in a uniform probability model.

Understand independence and conditional probability and use them to interpret data.

Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable.

Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.

Develop understanding of statistical variability.

Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies.

Interpret linear models.

Calculate expected values and use them to solve problems.

Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.
problem_activity: Task
Researchers have noticed that the number of golf courses and the number of divorcees in the United States are strongly correlated and both have been increasing over the last several decades.  Can you conclude that the increasing number of golf courses is causing the number of divorcees to increase?
Either justify why a causation can be inferred, or explain what might account for the correlation other than a causal relation.


correct_option_index: 12