A Company That Promotes Exercise Programs Provides Data from Studies

question 150

Multiple Choice

A company that promotes exercise programs provides data from studies that were all conducted by the company itself. All of the results show that the exercise programs are highly effective. Which of the following signs of pseudoscience does this illustrate?

• A) meaningless "psychobabble"
• B) lack of peer review
• C) overreliance on anecdotes
• D) exaggerated claims

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