Consider the following statement: "Statistics tell us that ice cream sales increase during the summer months. It is also the case that reported burglaries increase during the same period. We can conclude, therefore, that increased ice cream sales cause an increase in burglaries." The conclusion of this statement________

According to my research on , I can say that based on the information provided within the question it seems that the conclusion of this statement is an illustration of the Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. This states that "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." Which in this situation event X would be "ice cream sales increase", while event Y would be "reported burglaries increase".

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