COMM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hasty Generalization, Fallacy
18 Apr 2017
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Statistics: details of past events, anecdotes, written accounts, previously established claims, other statements & reasoning supporting the claim. Evidence helps us judge the validity of a claim: needs 2b found b4 we can evaluate an argument, argument def: the combination of a claim & the evidence for it. Cue words: indicate that an author is about to present a piece of evidence. Incl. because, as a result, in the 1st place, in the 2nd place, for example, in addition, given that, studies show, for the following reasons, finally, etc . Quality of evidence (spaarc: goal is 2 evaluate if evidence is high quality & thus highly probable or not likely through, accuracy. Fallacy of hasty generalization: when the evidence isn"t sufficient 2 support a claim. Fallacy def: an erroneous but frequently persuasive way of being led from a reason or circumstance 2 a conclusion.
