Two major problems to avoid with statistical generalization are (i) selection effects and (ii) small sample size. These two problems have something in common, namely that each one all by itself can make it ...

A. too likely that we would have made this observation even if our hypothesis was false
B. too likely that we are making an error due to the law of large numbers
C. too likely that our method of selecting samples is systematically skewing the type of individual who gets sampled due to a sampling bias
D. too likely that we are making a statistical instantiation rather than a statistical generalization


Answer: D. too likely that we are making a statistical instantiation rather than a statistical generalization

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