We Learned in Chapter 2 That Wade Boggs,a Famous Baseball

question 37

Multiple Choice

We learned in Chapter 2 that Wade Boggs,a famous baseball player,ate chicken before every game.What concept would you be a victim of if you believed that eating chicken caused him to hit the ball better?

• A)Superstition
• B)Post hoc fallacy
• C)False beliefs
• D)Positive correlation

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