One Might Commit the Fallacy of Composition by Concluding That

question 86

Multiple Choice

One might commit the fallacy of composition by concluding that

• A)statements that are true during prosperity are necessarily true during depression
• B)what is good for the individual is necessarily good for the group
• C)an event that precedes another is necessarily the cause of the latter
• D)intentions need not coincide with actions
• E)the composition of a complex product is not revealed by its exterior appearance

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Definitions:

Nominal

A type of data that represents categories without any intrinsic order or ranking among them.

Level Of Measurement

Refers to the different ways in which variables or data points can be quantitatively and qualitatively categorized.

Frequency Distribution

An overview or tabulation of a dataset that shows the number of individuals or occurrences in each non-overlapping category or class range.

Sample

A subset of individuals or observations selected from a population for the purpose of analysis.