Assume that Professor Rodgers from the previous question had studied only three people aged 65 or older. Suppose he concluded that the average level of happiness increased for people aged 65 and older. Rodgers would be committing ________

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Answer: Overgeneralization

Explanation: Overgeneralization can occur when someone makes a broad conclusion about a population at large using insufficient data. Professor Rodgers can not use only three 65 year old people to represent the whole population of 65 year olds because that is an insufficient data that can not be a true representation of the whole population.