the video shows us how many people depend on child work force. there are many types of situation according to the video. the concept that i try to explain to everyone is "anecdotal evidence". this describes an proof that is based on a limited number of reported experience and observations., and then make a logical inference based on that observation. watch the video and then continue reading.
after i watched the video, these logical inferences can be thought.
1 child laborer's age is almost 8-15 years old.
2 children's parents cannot work because of illness or physical problems.
3 governments tend to avoid importing products made by children
generally, we incline to think the age of child laborer's are 8-15 years old, but actually, it's not true. according to the BBC news, 166 million children out of 200 million children who work are under 14 years old including 5 years old. for second inference, there are parents who don't work arbitrarily because children can work enough to live, according to another video.
therefore, the first and the second are incorrect information by anecdotal evidences. the information is incorrect because it is based on only one video. we need to observe more. the third inference is reliable because i understood that government tries to do so according to a good site which is proved to be a good one in a class last week. we have to care not to have misinterpretation and misunderstanding by anecdotal evidences.
You thought this out very well, Yuki. You are right; the anecdotal evidence in the video leads us to make inferences that are not completely correct. That's why corroboration (checking multiple sources) is so important...as you point out.
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