During one winter quarter at Frozen U., snow falls every Friday night.Students assume that, on their campus, Fridays cause snow.This hypothesis

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The assumption made by the students that Fridays cause snow is an example of the fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation. The fact that snow falls every Friday does not necessarily mean that Fridays are causing the snowfall. It is possible that some other factor is causing both the snowfall and the day of the week.

During One Winter Quarter at Frozen U