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1. Name at least 2 problems with the structure of this graph and
The parody religion called The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster cites a
correlationbetween pirates and natural disasters:“You may be interested to know that
global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other naturaldisasters are a direct result of
the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. As you can see,there is a statistically
significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperatuName at least 2
problems with the structure of this graph and how to correct them.Do these problems
misrepresent the data? Explain.This graph, and the claim asserted to go with it, are
presented to demonstrate the pointthat, “Correlation does not necessarily imply
causation.”Explain what this means, and why it matters.