Question

Question 26 Since my local baseball team loses every time I go to a game, I conclude that going to the game makes them lose. This is an example of: O A. Ов. C. D. E. sample selection bias. the fallacy that association is causation. the fallacy of composition. the mistake of ignoring secondary effects and unaccounted variables. faulty ceteris paribus. I'm not sure.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Option (B) The Fallacy that Association is Causation

Explanation

This is an example of "the fallacy that association is causation." To elaborate, this fallacy is used to give statistical correlation between two variables. When it is found that the two variables are correlated, it is assumed that one variable is the cause of the other.

Just as in the case of the given example. Since there is a correlation between going to the game and the team losing, it is assumed that the former causes the latter. It is entirely possible that both variables are independent of one another and it is a coincidence that both occur at the same time.