Jill read a poll which indicated that Senator Jones enjoyed a 63 percent approval rating in his home

state of Virginia. Jill concluded that her cousins from Virginia must like Senator Jones. What fallacy has
Jill committed?

A) fallacy of division
B) fallacy of decorum
C) fallacy of reasoning
D) fallacy of aggregation
E) fallacy of composition


E

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