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Title: When making a generalization, why is it important that a sample be representative?
Post by: rutu0309 on Feb 7, 2018
When making a generalization, why is it important that a sample be representative?
 
  A. A generalization over a representative sample is very likely to hold.
  B. Representative samples ensure that inductive reasoning about them will bevalid.
 C. Generalizations cannot use inductive reasoning or they will be invalid.
  D. A representative sample will always take all individuals into account.


Title: When making a generalization, why is it important that a sample be representative?
Post by: FiercerChin on Feb 7, 2018
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