Multiple Choice
A student noted that the football team won by a larger margin when the third-string played more minutes. Therefore, he recommended that the third-stringers become the first team. His conclusion was probably erroneous because he
A) confused positive and normative analysis.
B) committed the fallacy of composition.
C) failed to recognize that association is not causation.
D) confused macroeconomics with microeconomics.
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