The Professor of a Business Statistics Class Wanted to Find

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The professor of a business statistics class wanted to find out the mean amount of time per week her students spent studying for the class.She divided the students into the left,right and center groups according to the location they sat in the class that day.One of these 3 groups was randomly selected and everyone in the group was asked the mean amount of time per week he/she spent studying for the class.This is an example of a cluster sample.

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Definitions:

Weak Analogy

A flawed argument in which two items being compared are not sufficiently similar in relevant aspects.

Circular Reasoning

A logical fallacy in which the conclusion is supported by premises that assume the conclusion's truth, thus not providing any actual evidence.

Irrelevant Reasoning

Engaging in argument or thought processes that do not logically pertain to or impact the matter at hand.

Weak Analogy

A type of logical fallacy that occurs when an analogy is used to prove or support a conclusion, but the analogy is too dissimilar to be effective.