Inductive Reasoning

Turn from informal fallacies, which are flaws in the premises of an argument, to questions of validity, or the logical i... (more)

Turn from informal fallacies, which are flaws in the premises of an argument, to questions of validity, or the logical integrity of an argument. In this lecture, focus on four fallacies to avoid in inductive reasoning: selective evidence, insufficient sample size, unrepresentative data, and the gambler’s fallacy. (less)