Garrett conducts a study of a company that shows that employees who work more than eight hours a day are paid more than their coworkers. This leads Garrett to believe that working longer hours results in higher pay rates. However, re-analysis of the data from the study shows that the employees working longer hours have salaried jobs and are paid the same rate no matter how many hours they work. Their higher pay rate is a result of their increased responsibilities. Which of the following errors in interpretation is illustrated by Garrett's initial conclusion?
A. coloring interpretations to make them appear interesting
B. interpreting a lack of evidence as proof to the contrary
C. drawing an illogical cause-effect conclusion
D. trusting data from an unreliable source
E. drawing a conclusion when the facts do not support one
Answer: C
You might also like to view...
The income statement is sometimes called the statement of financial position
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Assume that an assembly line has three tasks that must be completed (in order, A, B, and C). The tasks have processing times of 12, 15, and 10 minutes per unit, respectively. If the assembly line operates for 480 minutes per day with a desired output of 50 units per day, what is assembly line efficiency?
a. Less than 90% b. 96% c. Greater than 98% d. Cannot be determined from the information given
In Euromoney magazine's 2017 semi-annual "Country Risk Rating" evaluating political, economic, and other risks that entrants to international markets potentially face, which of the following countries have the next to the lowest country political risk?
A. Libya and Argentina B. Norway and Canada C. Singapore and Hong Kong D. China and Bahrain
Character field comparisons are faster than numeric, date, and NULL comparisons
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false