ENGL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Hasty Generalization
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Suf ciency: hasty generalization- reasoning fallacy in which a person makes a sweeping conclusion based on only one or two instances. Typicality: needs to be typical and representative. Accuracy: accurate and up to date, credible author. Pro: scienti c credibility, increases typicality and ethos. Con: possible aws in how conducted: interviews, questionnaires, surveys. Pro: enhance suf ciency and typicality, quantitative data, personal stories. Con: possible awed research, questionnaire design, or interview subjects: library or internet research. Con: ability to doubt star, ethos: testimony. Con: only impressive if the person is decorated in credentials: statistical data. Pro: quantitative, used with graphics, calculated in a variety of ways. Con: possible aws in methods, design, and interpretation: hypothetical examples, cases, scenarios. Con: must be plausible, logical: reasoned sequence of ideas. Pro: causes linked to effects, clarify values. Con: effectiveness depends on audience, links might be a stretch.
