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Faulty generalization

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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

    Faulty 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)

    See faulty generalization.
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    Misleading vividness

    See faulty generalization.
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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

    See faulty generalization.
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    Statistical syllogism

    Faulty generalization fallacies can also affect any argument premise that uses a generalization.

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