Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Reading & Writing (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=193)
-   -   What kind of fallacy is this? (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=611137)

  • Nov 10, 2011, 04:12 PM
    Davidsonc3
    What kind of fallacy is this?
    All Native American students in my accounting class earned A grades, so Native Americans must excel with numerical tasks.
  • Nov 10, 2011, 04:14 PM
    Davidsonc3
    What kind of Fallacy is this?
    All American students in my accounting class earned A grades, so Native Americans must excel with numerical tasks
  • Nov 10, 2011, 04:15 PM
    odinn7
    What are you trying to get at? There's no question so, is this just a statement you want to talk about?
  • Nov 10, 2011, 04:18 PM
    excon
    Hello D:

    Just your ordinary fallacy.

    excon
  • Nov 10, 2011, 11:31 PM
    SkyRoller
    It's what's known as a sweeping generalization. In other words characteristics of a tiny population are generalized onto the entire population. For instance, the last person to win the lottery was Asian, therefor Asians are lucky people.


  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:44 AM.