Causation

[brandonhsi]

I have a problem to tell causation claim in the questions. For example, page 152 LR guide, Implicit: "Ted didn't sleep well the night before the exam and performed poorly. He would have performed better if he could have gotten more sleep." I can only tell there is a correlation between sleep and exam performance. I wouldn't necessary say there is a causation claim because there is no causality language from the list below. If I go with the instruction in the LR guide, one having direct impact on another, I still wouldn't say more sleep causes better performance from the sentence, because it doesn't have any causality language. It is possible there is no causality here. Thank you for your help in advance!

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due to
because of
as a result of
contributes to
leads to
has led to
stimulates
causes
induces
produces
has the byproduct of
is a factor of
has the effect of
effected by
as a consequence of
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[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

Your example is kinda like the last example in the list. If he wanted to perform, he should have gotten some sleep. I agree that causality is not always easy to pick up, and sometimes it is implicit and you can't always identify it with language cues, but you want to be looking out for particularly when dealing with Strengthen, Weaken, Flaw, and Matching questions.

Hope that helps!