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Faulty generalization is a mode of thinking that takes knowledge from one group's or person's experiences and incorrectly extends it to another.

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Q: What is a faulty generalization?
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What does hasty generalization?

Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.


Definition of a hasty generalization?

An informal fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence


How to summarize the difference between a hasty generalization and a valid generalization?

A faulty generalization is a statement that's not true while a valid generalization is a true statement.


What is generalization?

*A generalization is a statement about several things or people *clue words to identify generalization * Valid generalization: fact support or prove and (true) generalization *clue words in a sentence to make a generalization: never,all,sometimes,most,always,none,everybody,everone,society,some,almost,only,empty *Faulty generalization: (not true) generalization (can not) be proven or supported with a fact.


How can you show a generalization is correct?

No. A generalization cannot be proved correct. Even this generalization about a generalization could be incorrect. Anywho, and generalization could never be proven correct.


How can you show generalization is correct?

No. A generalization cannot be proved correct. Even this generalization about a generalization could be incorrect. Anywho, and generalization could never be proven correct.


What is a generalization in reading?

what is a generalization in reading


Is a generalization a question of fact?

It is inherently neither. A generalization is an assumption. It can be predicated on a fact, but that is not conditional, nor does that validate a generalization.


Is the word are a clue word to a generalization?

yes the word are is a generalization


How can you show that generalization is likely correct?

There is really no telling if generalization is correct. It is told that generalization is never correct and some has told that generalization is sometime correct so it depends on a person opinion.


Is a generalization?

Generalization can be defined as a broad statement that is applicable to a group of people.


What is a generalization-?

Generalization can be defined as a broad statement that is applicable to a group of people.