INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. If prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will return to a life of crime. If prisoners are unable to get jobs, then they will return to a life of crime. Thus, if prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will be unable to get

jobs.

A) Deductive, invalid.

B) Deductive, valid.

C) Inductive, weak.

D) Inductive, cogent.

E) Inductive, strong.


A

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