# 27. Rhetorical manipulation ## 27.5. Methodology/Refinements/Sub-species ### 27.5.4. Content Manipulation #### 27.5.4.8. Biased Generalisation This is a generalisation based on an unrepresentative sample in order to support a claim. Example: "I sampled 3 of the 1000 boxes and 1 of them was bad, so I estimate that there are 300 bad ones there". ***Parent:** [[Content Manipulation]]*