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Surname1 Surname Course name Professor’s name University affiliation Date Causation and correlation Q1 It is a fallacy to confuse causation and correlation because the conclusion is based mainly on the order of events instead of considering other factors that might rule out the connection. Causation simply becomes deceptive when the only factor considered is a simple correlation. Another hidden variable which is termed as confounding factor is a reason why causation is not equal to correlation (Hughes and Jonathan 220). Q2. One example is once a president is elected and the economy does ...
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