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Is hasty conclusion and overgeneralization, the same fallacy? |
| asked on Thursday, Feb 22, 2018 09:15:36 AM by Jeneka | |
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Depends is what is meant by each, since these are not formal fallacies with authoritative definitions. If you ask me, (which you did) I would use the term Hasty Generalization rather than either of these, to mean: Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.
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| answered on Thursday, Feb 22, 2018 11:56:05 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD |
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