Question

Suppose that a sales consulting firm notices a correlation between the sale of house paint and number of home sales in an area. As the number of home sales increases, the sale of house paint increases, and vice versa. The consulting firm concludes that buying a home causes the new owners to purchase house paint. What method did the consulting firm use in drawing this conclusion

Answer 1

The consulting firm used reasoning to draw the conclusion.

Step-by-step explanation:

Reasoning refers to the process of using information that we are given (sale of house paint), compare it to what we already know (the number of home sales in an area), and then come up with a conclusion, like "buying a home causes the new owners to purchase house paint." It is sometimes described as deductive reasoning.