If You Observe That Kelly Clarkson Won American Idol 3

question 112

Multiple Choice

If you observe that Kelly Clarkson won American Idol 3 years before Carrie Underwood won, and you conclude that Kelly Clarkson winning caused Carrie Underwood to win 3 years later, you would be guilty of an error called the

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

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