Question

Internet Source Distortion/Misrepresentation

From media,or the Internet, identify an example of each of the following sources of distortion (faulty causal and/or statistical inference)

a. A study with questionable sponsorship or motives
b. Reliance on insufficient evidence/hasty generalization
c. Unbalanced or biased presentation
d. Unexamined assumptions
e. Faulty causal reasoning


I have to find a source that has all these questions covered.

Answer 1

As I understand your question, you can use several different sources.

Any study conducted by a political party is suspect.

Answer 2

so i can write about any experiment gone wrong that doesnt have legit reasoning?

Answer 3

It doesn't have to be an experiment.

Answer 4

a. A study with questionable sponsorship or motives
<i>Look for a study (or studies) that says something is good for your health, but the study was conducted by a company that makes or markets that product -- for example, anything sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb or any other pharmaceutical company). </i>

b. Reliance on insufficient evidence/hasty generalization
<i>See "e" below!</i>

c. Unbalanced or biased presentation
<i>Just about any TV station or network! As Ms. Sue has said, "Any study conducted by a political party is suspect."</i>

d. Unexamined assumptions
<i>This seems obvious, yes?</i>

e. Faulty causal reasoning
<i>Any study that states unequivocally that X is the cause of Y without proven evidence and well researched reasoning. </i>