A post hoc fallacy means a researcher has made what type of error?
A) An error in the design of the pretest and posttest phase of the research
B) An error based on the belief that posttest scores can be understood without ANCOVA results
C) The belief that what came first necessarily caused whatever came after
D) An error of researcher ethics where the researcher has to inform participants of a change in the study

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A post hoc fallacy occurs when someone assumes that because one event followed another, the first event must have caused the second, which is a logical error.

A Post Hoc Fallacy Means a Researcher Has Made What