Question

Anthony read a study with several hundred subjects in the journal of the american medical association that stated there is a link between working night shifts and the risk of heart attacks. anthony knew the study was not correct because his dad and his uncles had worked the night shift for decades and none of them had heart trouble. anthony is not thinking critically because he is being swayed too much by _____

Answer 1

Anthony is being swayed too much by anectodal evidence. It is because of the evidence that he acquires such as his dad and his uncles having to work there without heart trouble during night shift, he is persuaded that the article he reads was false in which the information that he acquire is an anectodal evidence.