Fallacies - Inductive Reasoning Patterns

Question 1

Accepting an argument on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.

Answer 1

Hasty Conclusion

Question 2

Consider if the questions are likely to uncover a desired result rather than an objective finding.

Answer 2

Polls

Question 2

No such thing as a “perfect” argument, isn’t sensible to ask any argument to be entirely flawless.

Answer 2

Quibbling

Question 4

Drawing conclusion about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population.

Answer 4

Small Sample

Question 5

Labeling A as the cause of B on evidence that is insufficient, negative, unrepresentative, or in serious conflict with welll-established high-level theories.

Answer 5

Questionable Cause

Question 6

Reasoning from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.

Answer 6

Unrepresentative Sample

Question 7

Our zeal for finding logical errors leads to this trap, trying so hard to uncover fallacies we might accuse another of commiting a fallacy when none is really present.

Answer 7

False Charge of Fallacy

Question 8

Employing statistics that are questionable without further support.

Answer 8

Questionable Statistics

Question 9

Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike.

Answer 9

Questionable Analogy

Question 10

A good reason to believe that the conditions under which data was gathered to be suspect.

Answer 10

Questionable Use of Statistics