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What is an inducter?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 9/17/2019

An inductive generalization takes a sample of a population and makes a conclusion regarding the entirepopulation.

Inductive Generalizations take the form..

X percent of observed Fs are Gs

therefore

X percent of all Fs are Gs

For example, an experiment may test the effects of a drug on lab mice. They might reason..

80% of observed mice die when given the drug.

therefore

80% of all mice die when given the drug.

The argument's strength depends on the sample. A sample that is not representative of the population is called a biased sample.

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