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Consider the following situation and explain what might be a problem with the credibility of the source or the thinking involved: You got your essay back in English class and you received a "B" on it. The girl sitting behind you, a friend of yours, also received a "B" and her boyfriend, who is another period class with the same teacher and the same subject, also received a "B." You concluded then that no one that wrote that particular assignment for that particular teacher received an "A." Pitfalls in credibility?

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please help!

Consider the following situation and explain what might be a problem with the credibility of the source or the thinking involved: You got your essay back in English class and you received a "B" on it. The girl sitting behind you, a friend of yours, also received a "B" and her boyfriend, who is another period class with the same teacher and the same subject, also received a "B." You concluded then that no one that wrote that particular assignment for that particular teacher received an "A." Pitfalls in credibility?

anonymous · Answer

If everyone in your class and your friend's boyfriend's class received a B then you have a case but drawling that conclusion on only three essays is impractical. Consider what your teacher has marked off for; spelling, grammar, focus on the topic. If your trying to say your teacher just gave everyone a B then you should look at everyone's paper and you could ask your teacher about the grade

anonymous · Answer

The simplest problem with credibility is that there is no way to assume from the given information that the teach didn't give out any A grades. You only know of a number of B grades. You could assume that a fair amount of people got B grades on this assignment but there is no way to make the assumption that no A grades were given.