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Select the mistake responsible for the faulty reasoning in the following statement. Women are terrible drivers; my aunt has had three automobile accidents.

thinking that A causes B because A always comes before B
mistaking an effect for a cause
oversimplifying the cause
no fallacy

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Oversimplifying the cause.

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The sentence is mistaken in its thought that A cause B because A always comes before B.

the writer thinks that women are terrible drivers and that is the only reason why his/her aunt has had three automobile accidents already.

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