Which of the following statements is accurate?

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Causes and correlations are fundamentally identical.Correlations inevitably imply causal connections.You cannot directly deduce causation from a correlation.Correlations represent one-directional cause-and-effect links.

Explanation

Option A is incorrect because causes and correlations are not the same. Option B is false since correlations do not always indicate causation. Option C is correct as causation cannot be directly concluded from correlation alone. Option D is wrong because correlations do not necessarily imply one-way causality.