Your neighbor who was ignored as a child was diagnosed with schizophrenia during early adulthood. Based on this observation you decide that schizophrenia occurs among people who have been ignored when they were children
Which psychological detective guideline is most relevant to the evaluation of this proposed cause of schizophrenia?
a) What do statistics reveal?
b) What is the claim and who is making it?
c) Is the claim based on scientific observations?
d) Are there plausible alternative explanations for the claim?
C
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