Mistaken Cause and Effect

Question 1

“mistakes the observation that one thing happens after another for proof that the second thing is the result of the first”

Answer 1

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Assuming a causal relationship on the basis of the sequence of events.

Question 2

“mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship”

Answer 2

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Assuming a causal relationship on the basis of the sequence of events.

Question 3

“confusing the coincidence of two events with a causal relation between the two”

Answer 3

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Assuming a causal relationship when only a correlation exists.

Question 4

“assumes a causal relationship where only a correlation has been indicated”

Answer 4

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Assuming a causal relationship when only a correlation exists.

Question 5

“fails to exclude an alternative explanation for the observed effect”

Answer 5

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Failure to consider an alternate cause for the effect, or an alternate cause for both the cause and the effect.

Question 6

“overlooks the possibility that the same thing may causally contribute both to education and to good health”

Answer 6

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Failure to consider an alternate cause for the effect, or an alternate cause for both the cause and the effect.

Question 7

“the author mistakes an effect for a cause”

Answer 7

Mistaken Cause and Effect

Failure to consider that the events may be reversed.