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Which kind of logical fallacy sometimes involves using a statistic in a misleading way?

appeal to lack of evidence
equivocation
popular appeal
hasty generalization

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D. Hasty Generalization
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Answer: hasty generalization.

A hasty generalization is a fallacy in which a conclusion is reached before sufficient or unbiased evidence is gathered. An argument based on a hasty generalization always proceeds from the particular to the general. This means that the argument takes something that is true on a small sample and tries to extrapolate it to the general.

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