Every time Marta wears her lucky scarf, her team wins. Marta concludes that wearing the scarf helps her team win.
The reasoning is flawed because it
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. takes two events that occur together as proof that one causes the other
- Step 1: The scarf and the wins happen together. Step 2. The argument treats this as causation. Answer: it treats a link as a cause. Why not the others: these are not what the argument does.
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