Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Americans generally think teachers should be paid more. This was demonstrated in a large survey done in Boston."
What will be an ideal response?
Generalizing from exceptional cases/Biased sample.
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A) Writing B) Reality C) Love D) Knowledge
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Anyone who fails a drivers test is allowed to retake it. But a calculus test is no less of a test than a drivers test. Therefore, anyone who fails a calculus test should be allowed to retake it
A) False cause. B) No fallacy. C) Weak analogy. D) Accident. E) Missing the point.
The definition "'Organ' means a heart, liver, kidney, or pancreas" is an example of:
A) A demonstrative definition. B) A medical definition. C) A definition by subclass. D) A stipulative definition. E) An enumerative definition.
Which of the following problems does Christina Hoff Sommers highlight in her quest to return to virtue ethics?
A. the irony of students cheating in an ethics test B. the futility of conforming to societal standards C. the lack of good intentions on the part of instructors D. the scapegoating of one's peer in a tricky situation