A government passes a law increasing taxes on banks. Two days later, there were several bank robberies. A politician who opposed the taxes claims that the new law is causing bank robberies. What is wrong with the politicians argument?

A. It claims that correlation is the same as causation.

B. It uses historical narrative instead of historical fact.

C. It ignores the importance of correlation.

D. It provides only one cause for an event.

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Giada Villarreal

25 September, 22:50

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Tucker Valenzuela · Answer 1

D, because you cannot accuse without more than one cause for the event