Question

A superintendent is making the case that she is helping to improve the school system. As evident for her role in this improvement, she cites an example of a student from a failing school who got a full scholarship to an esteemed university. Eighty percent of the students from this particular school do not go on to college, and many do not graduate at all. What is the flaw in the superintendent’s choice of example?

Answer 1

It is not a representative answer

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Answer 2

It is not a representative example.

Step-by-step explanation:

The superintendent used the case of only one student who received a scholarship at an estimated university to represent improvements in the school system, when most students (80% of them) do not even graduate, when most earn scholarships. study. The superintendent example is not a representative example because it represents an isolated case. It would be a representative example if the superintendent could show that 80% of the students won scholarships at universities after the improvements he made in the school system, but this example is not possible.