Question

Robyn is considering leaving college to pursue a career in software development. She is impressed by an article which shows that some of the most successful entrepreneurs in this field did not complete college. Robyn is:__________.

Answer 1

Answer:

generalizing from a biased sample

Explanation:

Robyn is considering leaving college to pursue a career in software development. She is impressed by an article which shows that some of the most successful entrepreneurs in this field did not complete college. Robyn is generalizing from a biased sample.

The bias in the sample is that there are also individuals who dropped out and ended as entrepreneurial failures and this percentage is not given in the article and the probability of been a successful entrepreneur after dropping out is also not given. There is no statistical backup for Robyn's decision. The reportage is biased towards only successful dropout and did not consider the unsuccessful ones.