If you read the statement "There is a relationship between ice cream sales and crime rates" and assume that crime rates lead to ice cream sales, then which error have you made?

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The error made in assuming that crime rates lead to ice cream sales is the fallacy of assuming that correlation equals causation. Just because two things happen at the same time (i.e. ice cream sales and crime rates both increase during the summer months) does not mean that one thing causes the other. It is important to recognize that correlation does not necessarily imply causation.

If You Read the Statement "There Is a Relationship Between