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To: Ilaine who wrote (120067)6/14/2005 3:22:47 PM
From: Bridge Player  Respond to of 793690
 
Hasty generalization?

Description of Hasty Generalization

This fallacy is committed when a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough. It has the following form:

1. Sample S, which is too small, is taken from population P.
2. Conclusion C is drawn about Population P based on S.

The person committing the fallacy is misusing the following type of reasoning, which is known variously as Inductive Generalization, Generalization, and Statistical Generalization:

1. X% of all observed A's are B''s.
2. Therefore X% of all A's are Bs.

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To: Ilaine who wrote (120067)6/14/2005 4:07:39 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 793690
 
Just can't think of it.

It's called the "oh-where-to-begin multi fallacy." <g>

I think the primary fallacy is the generalization one, as you say, specifically the exclusion fallacy or biased-sample fallacy because it generalizes from too narrow a sample causing an invalid premise.

You may be thinking of "enthymeme" because it skips the intervening premise--the relationship between voice and being President--and jumps right to the conclusion.


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