A researcher finds that university students wash their hands on an average of three times a day.She concludes that an educational program is necessary to encourage frequent hand washing by those who wash their hands less than once a day.The researcher is probably guilty of

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The researcher is making a value judgment about what ought to be, based on what is (the average number of times students wash their hands). This is an example of the naturalistic fallacy, which involves deriving an ethical conclusion from a descriptive premise.

A Researcher Finds That University Students Wash Their Hands on an Average