Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.Parker recommends the latest Larry McMurtry novel to Moore. Moore decides not to bother, since every other novel Parker has recommended turned out to be a dud, in Moore's opinion.
What will be an ideal response?
If the list of duds is a long one, no fallacy.
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This gospel tends distinctly toward the idea that, in Placher's words, "Christ had already come in glory. His life had been a triumph, and the new age has already begun in Jesus's preaching and the faith it has generated." (A hint that might help some: It's the gospel in which Jesus is quoted as saying, "I am [present tense] the resurrection and the life."
A) Matthew B) Mark C) Luke D) John
How many sections divide the Wisdom of Solomon?
A. two B. three C. four D. five
The concentration of wealth and growth of great corporations tends to occur in
A) communism B) capitalism C) feudalism D) socialism
Berkeley's Inconceivability of the Unconceived thought experiment attempts to show that
A. the notion of a material object is self-contradictory. B. objects exists independently of perception. C. primary qualities are independent of secondary qualities. D. our sensations are caused by material objects.