Ravi notices that all of his neighbors who own cats are also divorced, and concludes that cat ownership must result in divorce. Ravi is
A) correct in his analysis.
B) confusing correlation and causation.
C) describing difference-in-differences.
D) describing regression discontinuity.

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Ravi is confusing correlation (the relationship between cat ownership and divorce among his neighbors) with causation (the idea that one causes the other). Just because two things occur together does not mean one causes the other.

Ravi Notices That All of His Neighbors Who Own Cats