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Newsletter #4: Logical Fallacies

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Welcome!  We're glad you found us.  Tips for Technical Writing is a regular e-mail to help technical professionals produce better documents in less time, and build their writing skills and knowledge. Did you receive this as a forward?  Sign up  here   to get your own copy next time!  You can also access our  archives  at   https://tipsfortechnicalwriting.blogspot.com . Tips for Technical Writing  is brought to you by a trio of technical people (a chemist, an urban planner, and an engineer) turned wordsmiths with expertise in a variety of technical disciplines. You can learn more about us here:  ChristaBedwin.com ,   ScribeTW.com ,  and  WordsWithPurpose.ca   . Newsletter #4:  Correlation vs. Causation, Hasty Generalizations, Other Logical Fallacies, and the Misuse of Data We're covering a lot of territory this time. There's a lot to say about logical fallacies. This time we zoom in on a few that we come across frequently, and provide some advice on how to avoid falling into