I'm saying that the mistake was overinterpreting the statistics without having a good handle on what they actually meant (part of option 'c' above). This comes

I'm saying that the mistake was overinterpreting the statistics without having a good handle on what they actually meant (part of option 'c' above). This comes off as ad hominem, but it's the most common error mode so I'd use this as a motivation to learn more stats and understand why the test was probably not telling you what you thought it was.