You read that 30% of a country's male population has received technical education.On the same day you learn that 30% of the people in that country are rich.Combining these facts,you conclude that technical education makes people richer.This is an example of ________.
A) an illusory correlation
B) the perseverance effect
C) a causal relationship
D) the base rate fallacy
E) the gambler's fallacy

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This is an example of an illusory correlation, where a relationship between two variables is perceived to exist even when it does not. In this case, there is no evidence to support the claim that technical education makes people richer.

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