Deciding That a Causes B When in Fact B Causes

question 45

True/False

Deciding that A causes B when in fact B causes A is a mistake called omitted variable bias.

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Definitions:

Describing

The act of providing details or characteristics about something or someone, often to convey a certain impression or information.

Analyzing

The process of examining components or data critically to understand their nature, function, or meaning, often by breaking them down into simpler parts or identifying patterns.

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to their spoken language.

Hypothesis

A tentative explanation of the relationships among certain phenomena.