A study found a strong positive correlation between ice cream consumption and the number of violent crimes committed each month. some people may take this as an indication of how refined sugars make people violent. this is an example of:

The correct answer is the misuse of cause and effect which is a tendency to make conclusions based of the limited amount of facts that are presented. This often happens in medical studies, where, for the sake of the research study, we can see the misuse of the cause and effect relation.