What Is Someone Who Commits the Fallacy of Composition Likely

question 106

Multiple Choice

What is someone who commits the fallacy of composition likely to assume?  

• A) that the simplest model is the best predictor 
• B) that Event B, which follows event A, was caused by event A 
• C) that Event B, which follows event A, was NOT necessarily caused by event A 
• D) that what is true for the individual is also true for the group

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Definitions:

Trans-4-methylcyclohexanol

A chemical compound featuring a cyclohexane ring with a methyl group and an alcohol group in a trans configuration.

80th Percentile

A value below which 80 percent of the data in a data set falls, indicating the upper 20% of values.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing all numbers in the set and then dividing by the count of numbers.

Standard Normal

A special case of the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.