The Unemployment Rate Was Falling During All of the Years

question 226

Multiple Choice

The unemployment rate was falling during all of the years that I was a student, but as soon as I graduated, the unemployment rate started to rise. Therefore, the job market was waiting until I started looking for employment to start to go bad. This statement is an example of

• A) fallacy of logic.
• B) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
• C) ceteris paribus fallacy.
• D) fallacy of inductive reasoning.

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