Katherine Keene,a hospital administrator,heard a lot about gay men getting HIV and AIDS.She watched the male patients at her hospital admitted for AIDS.She thought they all looked like homosexuals as did almost all their male visitors.In fact,at Katherine's hospital,60 percent of the HIV-positive male patients were heterosexual and 80 percent of their visitors were neighbours,co-workers,or immediate family members.She most clearly made which type of error?
A) Selective observation
B) Premature closure
C) Overgeneralization
D) Inattention
E) None,she made no error.
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