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  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Queensborough_Community_College/MA336%3A_Statistics/03%3A_Examining_Relationships-_Quantitative_Data/3.25%3A_Causation_and_Lurking_Variables_(1_of_2)
    The scatterplot below shows the relationship between the number of firefighters sent to fires (x) and the amount of damage caused by fires (y) in a certain city. A third variable is at play in the bac...The scatterplot below shows the relationship between the number of firefighters sent to fires (x) and the amount of damage caused by fires (y) in a certain city. A third variable is at play in the background – the seriousness of the fire – and is responsible for the observed relationship. It is a third variable that is neither the explanatory nor the response variable, but it affects your interpretation of the relationship between the explanatory and response variables.

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