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Question 89 (1 point)

The argument listed below is an example of what type of argument?

Nearly all students attending the speaker's lecture were History majors.

Edgar attended the speaker's lecture.

So, in all likelihood, Edgar is a History major.

Question 89 options:

Modus Ponens

Disjunctive Syllogism

Statistical Syllogism

Enumerative Induction

Analogical Induction

Question 90 (1 point)

If a theory makes a lot of ad hoc hypotheses and other presumptions that require evidence to support them, then it is .

Question 90 options:

wide scope

inadequate

untestable

unconservative

not simple

incoherent

Question 91 (1 point)

"X percent of the observed members of group A have property P. Therefore, X percent of all members of group A probably have property P" is a pattern of reasoning known as…

Question 91 options:

Hasty generalization

Analogical induction

Inference to the best explanation

Enumerative induction

Question 92 (1 point)

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cannot be identified with any specific set of experimental mechanisms or observational procedures/processes.

Question 92 options:

The Large Hadron Collider

The Scientific Method

Einstein's Photoelectric Effect Experiment

[None of the These]

Answer 1

89. The correct answer is Option C. This is an example of statistical syllogism.

90. The correct answer is Option E. It is not simple.

91. The correct answer is Option D. This is called enumerative induction.

92. The correct answer is Option D. None of these.