A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon. She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. She does not understand
a. the dangers of a single example.
b. the difference between observation and inference.
c. the difference between correlation and causation.
d. that the Barnum effect occurs only in ten-year cycles.
ANSWER: c
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