A Researcher Has Studied a Group of Patients Who Have

question 163

Multiple Choice

A researcher has studied a group of patients who have a rare terminal type of cancer and has found that they all were regular cranberry juice drinkers.He concluded that drinking cranberry juice led to the development of the rare cancer.In this case,the researcher has most likely made an error in judgment due to

• A)bidirectional influences.
• B)the availability heuristic.
• C)cohort effects.
• D)the post hoc fallacy.

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