The selective effect of cellular telephones on data collection ( discussed in the Overgeneralization section ) is one potential example; If young people with traditional telephones are not representative, the sample can be biased.
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Neither has any specific edition been exhibited as proof, yet, it is conventionally believed and so frequently asserted that Sydney Lee, and Thomas Freeman after him, state it as a true overgeneralization.
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Modern scholarship on ancient religions seems to shy away from comparison between unrelated religions, possibly because of the danger of overgeneralization, which was a serious problem with scholarship on comparative religion in the past.
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:: : : If one must indulge in this stupid overgeneralization : Why would it be more difficult for Americans than for British or other Europeans ?-- BluePlatypus 11 : 32, 15 January 2006 ( UTC)
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This ( and other sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act or its restatement in 8 USC ) would contradict or, at least, show to be an overgeneralization a blanket claim that " illegal immigration is not a crime ".
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I think part of it had to do with an extension, or an overgeneralization, or an unexpected consequence, of the songs and rhythms that other animals use to communicate . talk ) 13 : 33, 24 March 2007 ( UTC)
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The assertion " All apples are red " would be an instance of overgeneralization because the original statistic was true only of a specific subset of apples ( those in summer ), which is not expected to be representative of the population of apples as a whole.
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:: : Well, there is an example of the type of incorrect overgeneralization that has always characterized this divide . " If you have a profession / avocation that requires a computer you're better off with a Mac "-citation needed ! ! ! talk ) 15 : 01, 12 September 2010 ( UTC)
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In his book " The Mycenaean World ", John Chadwick argues that many chthonic deities may be remnants of the native Balkan Peninsula in the late third millennium B . C . He does, however, note that this may be somewhat of an overgeneralization and that the origins of chthonic and Olympian deities are probably much more complex.
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This error of overgeneralization is often promoted by published style guidelines, out of ignorance, a wish to " keep it simple ", and / or even an attempt to add illusory strength to the failing position that punctuation is a nationalistic matter ( this, after all, certainly helps to sell grammar books and to entrench and patrioticize views on grammar, which in turn sells yet more grammar books ).
