Logic / Unit 7 Logic 332 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Enumerative Induction
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The idea
From "n% of the sample is F" infer "n% of the population is F."
In practice
62% of 1,000 surveyed voters approve; so roughly 62% of voters approve.
Where people slip
The entire inference rides on the sample resembling the population. The next video is about the two ways it doesn't.
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