Question

Which of the following is true about the reasoning

in the following argument?
Over half of Americans are supportive of the second
amendment. So probably this randomly selected
American will support the second amendment.
A
B
C
D
The conclusion involves a loose
generalization.
It's a standard statistical instantiation.
It falls prey to representativeness
heuristic.
It's a standard statistical generalization.

Answer 1

The reasoning in the argument is a loose generalization because it assumes that a randomly selected American will support the second amendment based on the fact that over half of Americans are supportive of it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reasoning in the argument is a loose generalization. The conclusion assumes that just because over half of Americans are supportive of the second amendment, it is likely that a randomly selected American will also support it. However, this is a loose generalization because there are many factors that can influence an individual's opinion on the second amendment, and the argument does not take those factors into account.

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