GoPractice quiz Correlation and Causation

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Go through this quick quiz to find whether you are good at distinguishing between correlation and causation!

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The product team analyzed the users of a mobile dating app and noticed that users who connect their Instagram account are more likely to upgrade their account to a premium version.

Does this mean that adding more users who connect their Instagram account will lead to an increase in the number of in-app purchases?

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Yes, the number of in-app purchases will increase.

No, the number of purchases will not increase.

It's impossible to say.

During Taylor Swift's Eras World Tour the hotel prices have gone up. So have the prices in the restaurants. Is there a causation between the hotel prices and restaurant prices going up?
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Yes, there is.

No, there isn't.

It's impossible to say.

Students who come from a certain district or town have lower grades. Is there a causation in this?
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Yes, there is.

No, there isn't.

It's impossible to say.

We see from the data that the retention rate for users who provided full information while signing up (including non-required fields) is significantly higher than retention for those who did not.

In order to improve retention, we have to increase the percentage of users who fill in the sign up form fully.

1 point

This is a hypothesis.

This is a fact.

Hard to say.

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