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.Stratton takes one look at his new teacher and concludes he is going to like the course. "You can just tell," he says to his girlfriend later, "it's gonna be a great course. The teacher brought up all these interesting subjects-and it was only the first day."
What will be an ideal response?
Hasty generalization, although we don't think the reasoning is all bad. Even from one meeting, Stratton is probably able to tell a good bit about whether he likes to listen to this particular teacher, and such things can make a course more enjoyable.
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