Chapter 2 of the text discusses Tillie the Rainmaker,a woman who believes she has the power to cause rain in drought-stricken areas.According to your text,this belief was probably caused by

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According to the text, Tillie's belief in her ability to cause rain was likely caused by her tendency to infer causality from correlational events. She noticed a pattern of rain following her arrival in towns, and believed that she caused the rain to come. This is an example of making causal attributions based on correlation, rather than conducting a randomized experiment to establish causality.

Chapter 2 of the Text Discusses Tillie the Rainmaker,a Woman