Question

Identify the type of inductive argument and any features of the way the argument is constructed that you find relevant. Explain how convincing you think the argument is. Does it have sufficient evidence to allow you to suggest that she move forward with the idea or does the argument have knowledge gaps? What questions need to be answered to close these gaps? Does the argument contain any information that adds to its authority, credibility, or reliability?

The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a lot like the University of Colorado at Denver. They are both public, coeducational universities located in the capital city of their state, and they both have student populations of approximately 20,000 students. Since 64% of the students at the University of Hawaii are of Asian or Pacific Island descent, approximately the same number of students at the University of Colorado at Denver are of Asian or Pacific Island descent.

Answer 1

The argument is based on Inductive Reasoning.

The mentioned passage is an argument with two premises.The issue is whether the university of Hawali at Manoa is a lot like the university of Colorado at Denver.The first premise is that the university of Hawaii at Manoa is a lot like the university of Colorado at Denver.The second premise is that they are both public, coeducational universities located in the capital city of their state and they both have student populations of approximately 20,000 students.Conclusion is that 64% of the students at the University of Hawaii are of Asian or Pacific Islands descent,approximately the same number of students at the University of Colorado at Denver are of Asian or Pacific Island descent.The passage has got a sub- argument.The intermediate conclusion is that the university of Hawaii at Manoa is a lot like the University of Colorado at Denver.It is an inductive analogical argument.Analogy is present and there are two similarities stated and thus a good support for analogy(Holyoak & Lee,2017).The two similarities are relevant to the feature and thus it is a strong argument.