Men-Women-Cheating!

I chatted with my buddy this night,, we talked about many things, until we come up with a new topic about boys n girls cheating habit, hahaha..



Many people said that Men cheat more than women... But he really didn't agree with that statement...



Amir : "Actually the percentage of Men and Women cheating are the same, 50:50."



Me :"Humm, are you sure, Amir?? "How did you get that statistical data?? Hehe..."



Amir :"The number of Boys and Girls whom cheating with his or her couples, I have seen so far are same. I looked at my friends in campus, women cheat a lot! I have been the victim too, haha,"

He also argued that many people think that men are cheat more than women because they are likely to get caught and women hide it better,,,


Thank you for my Critical Thinking subject that i take this semester, i didn't accept his statement easily, because Amir has just made an invalid argument.


Why it is invalid?



Because the conclusion arrived from the facts that are not 100% guaranteed true, because that sample does not consist of all possible evidence.
It involves an incomplete sample. Because of this the conclusion became follow probably from the premise.
And also the quality of the data or sample he has is not qualified enough to draw the inference that the number of women and men cheating are same.
And his statement that many people think that men are cheat more than women because they are likely to get caught and women hide it better are causal argument that makes his statement become inductive reasoning.