Suppose we find that eating an expensive health supplement is correlated with lower mortality in the general population. Before concluding that the result is causal, we should be primarily concerned about... (note: your job is to distinguish which of these is the most probable non-causal explanation.)

A. reverse causation
B. a common cause
C. regression to the mean
D. placebo effect


Ans: B. a common cause

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