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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Economist: In Nation X, the number of unsold homes on the market

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vishalsinghvs08 wrote:

Hi Marty - thank you for the detailed analysis on the question.
While I understand the logic behind eliminating other options, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around Option C. Author wants us to beleive in a cause effect relationship mentioned below.

Cause (unsold houses) - > Effect(recession)

Hi Vishal.

Actually, the author does not say that there is a cause-effect relationship between unsold houses and a recession. Rather, the author has just pointed out a pattern and has not presented a conclusion regarding the nature of that pattern. It could be a cause-effect relationship, but it could also be that a large number of unsold houses is associated with a future recession in a different way, perhaps simply as an indicator of economic issues that will lead to arecession.

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Now, this option is basically telling us, as far I can undestand, that effect( recession) exists even without a cause(unsold houses).

A effect without without a cause to me seems like
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Statistics : Posted by MartyMurray • on 14 Aug 2023, 11:00 • Replies 8 • Views 3103



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