The Spa Manager Uses Data Such as Number of Soaps

question 53

Multiple Choice

The spa manager uses data such as number of soaps in a box and the number of different services the spa offers its customers.These are examples of ________.

• A)probability distributions
• B)discrete variables
• C)continuous variables
• D)populations

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Definitions:

Illusory Correlation

A cognitive bias where a relationship between two variables is perceived despite no such association existing.

False Cause

Refers to a logical fallacy where it is assumed that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second.

Appeal to Ignorance

A logical fallacy that occurs when one argues that a proposition must be true because it has not been proven false or vice versa.

Non Sequitur

A statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.