Professor Tun-jen Cheng wanted to study why thousands of people leaving Hong Kong moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. In order to establish temporal order in his causal argument, he must show which of the following?
A) Events in Hong Kong occurred before people moved to Vancouver.
B) There is a correlation between events in Hong Kong and a decision to move.
C) A fear for the future of Hong Kong and no other reason caused the move to Vancouver.
D) People who left Hong Kong are more educated with higher incomes than those who stayed in Hong Kong.

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To establish temporal order in a causal argument, it is necessary to show that the cause (events in Hong Kong) occurred before the effect (people moving to Vancouver). This is essential to demonstrate that the events could have influenced the decision to move.

Professor Tun-Jen Cheng Wanted to Study Why Thousands of People