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Distinguish correlation from causation
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Teacher tools for this standard
Lesson Plan · Guided Notes · Exit Ticket · Re-teach · Homework
- Lesson Plan →Objectives, pacing and practice, built from this lesson's brief.
- Guided Notes →One page your students fill in and keep.
- Exit Ticket →Three items at the end of class. No student accounts.
- Re-teach →After an exit ticket: who missed what, and what to do tomorrow.
- Homework →Assign practice; it grades itself.
HSS.ID.C.9
**HSS.ID.C.9**: Distinguish between correlation and causation.
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HSS.ID.C.9: Distinguish between correlation and causation.
What you'll learn
- Define correlation (variables moving together) and causation (one variable producing change in another) as distinct claims
- Explain why a correlation does not imply causation and identify lurking (confounding) variables
- Name the possible explanations for a correlation: direct causation, reverse causation, a common lurking variable, or coincidence
- Recognize that a randomized experiment, not an observed correlation, is what supports a causal claim, and evaluate real claims accordingly
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