Lucy wanted to know what percentage of students plan to attend graduate or professional school after college, so she distributed a survey in three of her classes. Based on the results, Lucy concluded that nearly a third of college students plan to continue their education further. What is wrong with the way Lucy used the statistics from her survey?

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Mikayla Leach

11 November, 21:04

Lucy wanted to know what percentage of students plan to attend graduate or professional school after college, so she distributed a survey in three of her classes. Based on the results, Lucy concluded that nearly a third of college students plan to continue their education further. What is wrong with the way Lucy used the statistics from her survey?

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Answer:Lucy's sample isn't representative of college students as a whole; she uses insufficient data to represent the whole population.

Explanation: Lucy is committing an Overgeneralization error because her data is insufficient to be used for the whole college students, she only surveyed 3 of her classes she can't use the information to represent the whole college students.