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1. Which of the following is an example of the fallacy that association is causation?

a. Jolynn observes that whenever she waters her plants, it rains. She concludes that watering the plants is causing the precipitation.

b. The quality of rented apartments declined in Baltonia as a result of the rent controls imposed by the Baltonian government.

c. The Baltonian government assumed that the maximum contribution to GDP came from economic graduates in 2014. It based its conclusion on the fact that most of the students graduated in Economics and the best-paid jobs were offered to the Economics graduates in 2014.

d. The dean of a school rates the quality of the school professors by taking into consideration the feedback from just one class.