faulty generalization
Sign in to saveAlso known as inductive fallacies, inductive fallacy, illicit generalization, fallacy of insufficient sample, fallacies of insufficient sample, generalization from the particular, leaping to a conclusion, blanket statement
process of reaching a conclusion about all or many instances of a phenomenon, on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon
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