(Q2890850)

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faulty generalization

process of reaching a conclusion about all or many instances of a phenomenon, on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon

  • inductive fallacies
  • inductive fallacy
  • illicit generalization
  • fallacy of insufficient sample
  • fallacies of insufficient sample
  • generalization from the particular
  • leaping to a conclusion
  • blanket statement
  • hasty induction
  • law of small numbers
  • unrepresentative sample
  • secundum quid
  • fallacy of the lonely fact
  • fallacy of proof by example
  • fallacies of the lonely fact
  • fallacies of proof by example

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