Self-study
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Summarize Argument
The author concludes that the results of last week’s referendum must be rigged. The results indicated that 80 percent voted in favor of the proposal. But the author believes most people must have voted against it, because everyone the author knows voted against it.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author overlooks the possibility that the people the author knows are not representative of the people who voted in the national referendum.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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a
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b
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c
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d
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e
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