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SAT Reading: Interpreting the Word "Correlation" in the Context of a Scientific Passage 1 Views
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What is correlated with the word correlation in this video's SAT reading passage? Watch to unravel the mystery!
Transcript
- 00:03
All right Shmoopers next question on the volcano there we go as using the passage
- 00:07
correlation on line 16 right here most nearly means what all right line 69 [text on screen]
- 00:11
let's cruise down here and look at it what are they saying although this is a
- 00:14
fascinating correlation there are too many atoms and too many volcanoes
- 00:17
expeditions on cycle cycle alone all right so this is a fascinating
Full Transcript
- 00:19
correlation they're referring to the paragraph above so we've got to kind of [writing on chalkboard]
- 00:23
figure out what's going on there and let's preceding eruptions based on the [text on screen]
- 00:26
information fortnightly at every 14 days or so I'm on Aloha almost certainly ok
- 00:32
well the correct answer here is a connection volcanic eruptions are more [Island life]
- 00:36
likely to occur during a fortnightly tide so there's definitely a connection [writing on chalkboard]
- 00:41
between the two the author thinks there are many factors in volcanic eruptions [smoke coming out of volcano]
- 00:45
while tides can make it easier for a volcano to erupt well they don't
- 00:49
necessarily cause eruption so get rid of be a tidal maximum isn't the same as in [writing on chalkboard]
- 00:54
eruption and it doesn't mean an eruption will happen so there's no way
- 00:57
equivalence is the right choice and despite the lack of any definitive [tidal waves]
- 01:01
causal link the author clearly believes that tides can be a factor in eruptions [volcanic eruption]
- 01:05
and shows enough evidence to prove that the correlation isn't a coincidence so
- 01:10
get rid of D the answer is a correlation connection
- 01:13
well the two C words kind of work for you that time yeah we're done [student writing]
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