Which statement is TRUE about people's ability to detect correlation?
A) Research by Smedsland (1977) showed that people are quite good at detecting correlation.
B) People do not pay enough attention to data in cell "a" of fourfold tables that show co-occurrences.
C) People show illusory correlation in estimating associations in research data but not in everyday situations.
D) People often find associations between variables in random data when no relationship is present.

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Research has shown that people often find associations between variables in random data when there is no actual relationship present, which is known as the "illusion of correlation." This suggests that people's ability to detect correlation can be limited by cognitive biases or the absence of appropriate statistical training.

Which Statement Is TRUE About People's Ability to Detect Correlation