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Smokers are more likely to be drinkers. This hypothesis is supported by a survey of 55 patrons in Kuta Bar in Darwin CBD (Smith, 2021)

• This is an example of false correlation.

• This is an example of misuse of evidence (poor sampling)

Life expectancy is much higher in Western countries than in the past. Obesity is also much higher. Therefore, obesity must increase our life expectancy.

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Coal is the energy source of the future (BHP Annual Report, 2020).

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One strength of this approach is that the data collection seems to have been conducted with a good degree of planning to ensure inter-rater reliability.

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The results show an improvement for the extended MHT with spatial priors over the regular approach, especially for the number of mismatches (see Figure 4).

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The results show an improvement for the extended MHT with spatial priors over the regular approach (see Figure 4). This is significant because the number of mismatches declined, which means that...

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However, Deng’s study ignored the link between dental fillings and disease (2015).

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However, Deng’s study was limited to the link between dental fillings and disease (2015).

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