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IV. Match each of the given instances below with the correct method Mill identifies for finding causes (3 points each). __Determining the cause of a measles outbreak by finding out where all the infected kids attend day care __Determining the cause of a measles outbreak by comparing the experiences of an infected child with his un-infected twin __Looking at the past 5 times the Federal Reserves increased interest rates to see if doing so matches the dollar becoming stronger. --Subtracting the levels of carbon emissions that come from transportation, electricity production, and industry to determine how much emission results from commercial and residential sources. ---Determining the cause of a flu outbreak by considering the recent histories of 3 employees who got sick and that of three employees who did not. A. Method of concomitant variation B. Joint Method C. Method of Agreement D. Residue Method E. Method of Difference
--Determining the cause of a measles outbreak by finding out where all the infected kids attend the day care.
Answer. C. Method of Agreement.
Attending the day care seems to be common cause for the outbreak of measles among the kids.
--Determining the cause of a measles outbreak by comparing the experience of an infected child with his un-infected twin.
Answer. E. Method of difference.
Finding out the cause for measles outbreak by comparing the twins, where they share everything in common but with a difference that the un-infected twin may not have attended the day care.
-- Looking at the past 5 times the Federal Reserve increased interest rates to see if doing so much is the dollar becoming stronger.
Answer. B. Joint Method.
This is joint method as it is a systematic effort to find whether increased interest rates were present or absent in the past times when dollar became stronger.
--Subtracting the levels of carbon emissions that come from transportation, electricity production, and industry to determine how much emissions results from commercial and reresidential sources.
Answer. D. Residue Method.
Subtracting the levels of carbon emissions of the various commercial sources from the sources of residential sources would help to identify amount of carbin emissions from each of them.
--Determining the cause of a flu outbreak by considering the recent histories of 3 employees who got sick and that of three employees who did not.
Answer. A. Method of concomitant variation.