A particular school in a state with lower-than-average funding may offer an immeasurably better education than a ghetto school in New York, but to conclude from this example that the lower-than-average state offers a better education is the _____.
A) fallacy of dramatic instance
B) fallacy of appeal to prejudice
C) fallacy of authority
D) fallacy of circular reasoning

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This is the fallacy of dramatic instance because it draws a general conclusion from a specific, possibly atypical, example, rather than considering a broader range of evidence.

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