A successful comparative inference will satisfy five criteria, the one called testability refers to is the ________

(a) measure of the relative absence of complexity of the comparison
(b) extent to which a comparison captures a greater number of central or essential features
(c) degree of knowledge the listener has about the object to which the unknown is being compared
(d) capacity to project consequences that have the potential to be shown to be false, inapplicable, or unacceptable
(e) capacity to suggest consequences that go beyond those mentioned in the initial comparison


d

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