Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: A large study recently showed that children who get enough sleep between the ages of 2 and 5 are less likely to be obese at age 7. Clearly that extra hour of sleep makes them thin.
A) Straw man
B) Fallacy of denying the antecedent
C) Majority belief
D) Mistaking correlation for cause

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The argument makes the mistake of assuming that correlation between getting enough sleep and lower obesity rates necessarily means causation. The conclusion that "that extra hour of sleep makes them thin" is not necessarily supported by the evidence presented.

Select the Fallacy or Bad Argument Technique Which Occurs in the Following