A study falsely concluded that eating ice cream causes drowning because both increase during the summer months .In fact, the warmer weather leads people to go swimming more often, leading to more deaths due to drowning, and more people eat ice cream as the temperature rises .The correct explanation is called
A)Reverse causation
B)Common cause
C)Sample selection bias
D)All of the above

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The correct explanation is called "Common cause," where a single factor (in this case, warmer weather) is causing both of the observed effects (increased ice cream consumption and increased drowning incidents), rather than one causing the other.

A Study Falsely Concluded That Eating Ice Cream Causes Drowning