Dyer Chapter 5 (Causal Claims) Flashcards

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Causal Claims

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argue that certain events or factors (causes) are responsible for bringing about other events or situations (effects).

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Cause-and-effect Example

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Sales of frozen foods are falling because consumers are increasingly concerned about high amounts of salt. Salt is the cause and falling sales is the effect.

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Reverse Causation

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When 2 factors, A and B, are correlated, it may be that A is causing B, but it is also possible that B is causing A.

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Causal Link

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Ice-cream and heart attack example

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Post hoc, ergo, propter hoc

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after this, therefore, because of this

After the new policing strategy was introduced, the crime rate decreased; therefore, we assume that the decrease in crime must have occurred because of the strategy.

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