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A Lawyer Surveyed a Simple Random Sample of His Colleagues

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A lawyer surveyed a simple random sample of his colleagues and asked them whether they were left-handed or right-handed. Is this convenience sample likely to provide results typical
of all adults in the United States? Do convenience samples in general provide good results?


Definitions:

Fallacy

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments or logical errors.

Fallacy Of Composition

The erroneous belief that what is true for the individual is necessarily true for the group as a whole.

Economic Relationships

Connections or associations between economic variables that show how changes in one can affect changes in another.

Post Hoc

Short for "post hoc ergo propter hoc," a logical fallacy implying that because one event follows another, the first event was the cause of the second.

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