Ans: d) statistical instantiation
Suppose I learn from an excellent source the statistical fact that 35% of homeless people have alcohol dependence. I conclude that there is roughly a 35% probability that a randomly selected homeless person has alcohol dependence. What kind of reasoning is this?
a) representativeness heuristic
b) loose generalization
c) statistical generalization
d) statistical instantiation
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