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.Fong notes that the pavement deteriorates as he crosses into the next county. "Guess they don't keep up their roads very well," he thinks.
What will be an ideal response?
Hasty generalization.
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