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Fallacy #9 Hasty Generalization

Fallacy #9 Hasty Generalization. is a fallacy committed when a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough. Example.

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Fallacy #9 Hasty Generalization

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  1. Fallacy #9 Hasty Generalization • is a fallacy committed when a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough

  2. Example Smith, who is from England, decides to attend graduate school at Ohio State University. He has never been to the US before. The day after he arrives, he is walking back from an orientation session and sees two white (albino) squirrels chasing each other around a tree. In his next letter home, he tells his family that American squirrels are white.

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