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| A faulty generalization, also known as an inductive fallacy, is any of several errors of inductive inference: The proportion Q of the sample has attribute A. therefore The proportion Q of the population has attribute A. Such a generalization proceeds from a premise about a sample to a conclusion about the population. Faulty generalization is a mode of thinking that takes knowledge from one... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Faulty generalization
A faulty generalization, also known as an inductive fallacy, is any of several errors of inductive inference: ... The proportion Q of the sample has attribute A. -
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Hasty generalization
Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence. -
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Generalization
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Generalization (disambiguation)
Hasty Generalization a logical fallacy of faulty generalization -
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Generalization (logic)
(Faulty universal generalization) -
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Accident (fallacy)
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Misleading vividness
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Dicto simpliciter
For inductive fallacies that may affect the soundness of some statistical syllogisms, see faulty generalization. -
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Converse accident
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Statistical syllogism
Faulty generalization fallacies can also affect any argument premise that uses a generalization.
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