A Study Falsely Concluded That Eating Ice Cream Causes Drowning

question 8

Multiple Choice

A study falsely concluded that eating ice cream causes drowning because both increase during the summer months .In fact, the warmer weather leads people to go swimming more often, leading to more deaths due to drowning, and more people eat ice cream as the temperature rises .The correct explanation is called

• A)Reverse causation
• B)Common cause
• C)Sample selection bias
• D)All of the above

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