Multiple Choice
If you observe that Kelly Clarkson won American Idol 3 years before Carrie Underwood won, and you conclude that Kelly Clarkson winning caused Carrie Underwood to win 3 years later, you would be guilty of an error called the
A) fallacy of inductive reasoning.
B) fallacy of ceteris paribus.
C) fallacy of logic.
D) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
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