Review articles in several newspapers, copying down all causal assertions. You should review at least 5 articles. These might include assertions that the presence of community policing was related positively to decreasing rates of violence, claims that the stock market declined because of uncertainty in the Middle East, or explanations about why a murder was committed. Inspect the articles carefully, noting all the evidence used to support the causal assertions. Which criteria for establishing causality are met? What other potentially important influences on the reported outcome have been overlooked?
