A Researcher Determines That the Crime Rate in a Large

question 27

Multiple Choice

A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon.She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior.She has committed what error?

• A)the dangers of a single example.
• B)the difference between observation and inference.
• C)the difference between correlation and causation.
• D)that the Barnum effect occurs only in ten-year cycles.

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