Explain What a Fallacy Is

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Essay

Explain what a fallacy is. What kind of mistake is someone making when they commit a formal fallacy in an argument?

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Definitions:

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the ones observed during the test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Capital Punishment

A legal penalty in some jurisdictions where the state executes a person as a punishment for a crime.

Uniformly Distributed

A distribution where all outcomes are equally likely to occur, each observation within a certain range has the same probability.