Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
Most students who take the school's Advanced Computer Science class go on to major in computer science. Clearly, the course must be the reason why students major in computer science.
A. guilt by association: a negative association intended to discredit someone or something
B. slippery slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences
C. false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other
From the given choices, choose the correct answer and respond with the letter of that choice.
Answer: C