In order for an experimenter to attempt to demonstrate causality in an experiment,she can hope to claim that A caused B only when A occurred after B on a time line.

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This statement is incorrect. In order to claim that A caused B, A must occur before B on a time line, not after. This is because causality means that A is the reason for B happening. If B occurred first, then it cannot be caused by something that happened afterwards.

In Order for an Experimenter to Attempt to Demonstrate Causality