Clarissa notices that her satellite TV signal becomes scrambled whenever there is a major thunderstorm in her area. She concludes that the scrambled satellite signal must be causing the severe thunderstorms. Clarissa is
A) definitely confusing correlation with causation.
B) very probably correct in her conclusion that the scrambled satellite is the cause of the thunderstorms.
C) likely correct that there is causation, but the causation is more likely running in the opposite direction in that the severe thunderstorms are the cause of the scrambled satellite signal.
D) probably misguided in that there is no apparent correlation or causation in this situation.
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