14 Suppose you were asked to test the proposition that publishing students’ teacher evaluations causes grade inflation What evidence might you want to consider? How would the inability to carry out controlled experiments make your analysis more difficult? 15 Referring to the Case in Point “Baldness and Heart Disease,” explain the possible fallacy of false cause in concluding that baldness makes a person more likely to have heart disease 16 In 2005 the Food and Drug Administration ordered that Vioxx and other popular drugs for treating the pain of arthritis be withdrawn from the market The order resulted from a finding that people taking the drugs had an increased risk of cardiovascular problems Some researchers criticized the government’s action, arguing that concluding that the drugs caused the cardiovascular problems represented an example of the fallacy of false cause Can you think of any reason why this might be the case? Attributed to Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books/ Saylor.org 51