Exhibit 12-3: In a study of the membership of the most influential business persons' organization in River City, it was found that the proportion of those who are also members of the Buffalo Honorary Club (BHC) is much higher than the portion of BHC members in the general city population.One might conclude that participation in BHC activities is a positive influence in leading people to become successful businesspersons or a number of alternative hypotheses could be suggested.Choose the correct hypothesis for each question.
-Refer to Exhibit 12-3.Which is a hypothesis of reverse causality?
A) The BHC stresses the qualities of being a good businessperson.
B) The BHC tends to invite only successful businesspersons to join.
C) People who are attracted to BHC are also likely to be attracted to a business career.
D) The businesspersons' organization's membership committee is biased in favor of BHC members.
E) The BHC credo is more oriented to business virtue than is the credo of other similar organizations.

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Reverse causality in this context means that the direction of cause and effect is opposite to what one might initially think. Instead of BHC participation leading to business success, this hypothesis suggests that already successful businesspersons are invited to join BHC, implying that their success leads to their BHC membership.

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