Suppose a researcher conducted an analysis with a specific sample that is not representative of the larger population it is within. if the researcher argues that the findings from the research apply to this larger population, which type of error is he or she committing?

The error of overgeneralizing

Explanation:

-Overgeneralization occurs when someone makes an estimation or conclusion that because of one thing is a particular way then the rest of the same thing is also that way, without enough evidence or research to make such conclusion.

-A researcher in the above text only gathered a sample which is not a representative of the large population which means he did not have enough result to make a conclusion about the whole population .

- he only has the evidence or the result that only encompasses the few individuals of the population.

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the correct answer is a