Question
Which causal relationship is justifiable?
Responses
A Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.
B Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.
C The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.
D An elementary school child has more cavities than his baby brother. He also has a larger vocabulary. An increased vocabulary causes cavities.
Responses
A Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.
B Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.
C The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.
D An elementary school child has more cavities than his baby brother. He also has a larger vocabulary. An increased vocabulary causes cavities.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
None of the provided options demonstrate a clearly justifiable causal relationship. Here’s a breakdown of each response:
A. **Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.**
- This suggests a causal relationship that doesn't make logical sense. There's no biological or developmental reason that better spelling would cause feet to grow.
B. **Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.**
- While there may be a correlation between these two events, it does not imply causation. It is more likely that a third factor (such as warm weather) influences both.
C. **The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.**
- This is the most justifiable option. It logically follows that games being played at a stadium would lead to increased traffic due to more people attending the games.
D. **An elementary school child has more cavities than his baby brother. He also has a larger vocabulary. An increased vocabulary causes cavities.**
- This suggests an illogical causal relationship. There is no established connection between vocabulary size and the incidence of cavities.
Therefore, **C** is the only response that provides a logical causal relationship, as the presence of a game at a stadium inherently leads to increased traffic.
A. **Children with bigger feet spell better. Spelling better causes a child's feet to grow.**
- This suggests a causal relationship that doesn't make logical sense. There's no biological or developmental reason that better spelling would cause feet to grow.
B. **Surf board sales rise when lemonade sales rise. Drinking lemonade causes more people to buy surfing boards.**
- While there may be a correlation between these two events, it does not imply causation. It is more likely that a third factor (such as warm weather) influences both.
C. **The traffic is heavier around the stadium when a game is being played. Games being played cause more traffic.**
- This is the most justifiable option. It logically follows that games being played at a stadium would lead to increased traffic due to more people attending the games.
D. **An elementary school child has more cavities than his baby brother. He also has a larger vocabulary. An increased vocabulary causes cavities.**
- This suggests an illogical causal relationship. There is no established connection between vocabulary size and the incidence of cavities.
Therefore, **C** is the only response that provides a logical causal relationship, as the presence of a game at a stadium inherently leads to increased traffic.