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Statistical syllogism

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A statistical syllogism is an inductive syllogism. Statistical syllogisms may use qualifying words like "most", "frequently", "almost never", "rarely", etc., or may have a statistical generalization as one or both of their premises. For example: Premise 1 (the major premise) is a generalization, and the argument attempts to draw a conclusion from that generalization. General form: In the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Statistical syllogism

    A statistical syllogism (or proportional syllogism or direct inference) is a non-deductive syllogism. It argues from a generalization true for the most part to a particular case (in contrast to induction, which argues from particular cases to generalizations).
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    Syllogism

    A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός – "conclusion," "inference") or logical appeal is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two others (the premises) of a certain form. ... Statistical syllogism
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    Inductive reasoning

    Inductive reasoning, also known as induction or inductive logic, is a type of reasoning that involves moving from a set of specific facts to a general conclusion. ... Statistical syllogism
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    Fallacy of four terms

    The fallacy of four terms (Latin: quaternio terminorum) is the logical fallacy that occurs when a categorical syllogism has four terms. ... Types of syllogism to which it applies include statistical syllogism, hypothetical syllogism, and categorical syllogism, all of which must have exactly three terms.
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    Converse accident

    The logical fallacy of converse accident (also called reverse accident, destroying the exception or a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter) is a deductive fallacy that can occur in a statistical syllogism when an exception to a generalization is wrongly called for.
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    Historical method

    The historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write histories in form of accounts of the past. ... McCullagh says that an argument from analogy, if sound, is either a "covert statistical syllogism" or better expressed as an argument to the best explanation.
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    Argument

    In logic, an argument is a set of one or more meaningful declarative sentences (or "propositions") known as the premises along with another meaningful declarative sentence (or "proposition") known as the conclusion. ... Forms of non-deductive logic include the statistical syllogism, which argues from generalizations true for the most part, and induction, a form of reasoning that makes generalizations based on individual instances.
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    Syllogistic fallacy

    Any syllogism type (other than polysyllogism and disjunctive): ... Occurring in statistical syllogisms (dicto simpliciter fallacies):
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