(Last Word) a Study Found That the Incidence of Skin

(Last Word) A study found that the incidence of skin cancer increases along with the amount of time people work under fluorescent light, leading some people to conclude that fluorescent lighting is a cause of skin cancer. But further analysis found that people who work in offices, where fluorescent light is common, suffer more sunburn on their vacations than other workers. The sunburns, not the fluorescent light, were the cause of the higher incidence of skin cancer. The original conclusion illustrates

A) the fallacy of composition.
B) confusion of correlation and causation.
C) identifying marginal costs and marginal benefits.
D) biases and loaded terminology.