Question

When the hometown football team is winning by a lot of points after halftime, they often play their second and third team players. one of the coaches notices that when the third team plays that oklahoma wins by a bigger margin than when just the first team plays. he recommends that the third team see more playing time as a result. what is wrong with his way of thinking?

a. the fallacy of composition
b. association is not causation
c. good intentions do not guarantee desirable outcomes
d. it is a violation of ceteris paribus?

Answer 1

i believe the correct option is A

the fallacy of composition

The fallacy of composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole. The third team winning is true only for the second half and not for the whole.