Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.A majority of Americans think that tobacco companies should be prohibited from advertising their products. In a survey of 1,213 adults, 86 percent said that prohibiting tobacco advertising would lower smoking rates. The results of the nationwide telephone survey, conducted by American Opinion Research, Inc., were published in this week's edition of Research Fact. Spokespersons for the American Tobacco Council had no immediate comment
on the findings.
What will be an ideal response?
It is not clear from this passage whether a majority of the respondents actually think that tobacco advertising should be prohibited. The 86 percent said something else: that doing so would lower smoking rates. Whether they would outlaw tobacco advertising is not known.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Omnibenevolent means
A. eternal. B. unchanging. C. all-good. D. all-powerful. E. all-knowing. F. all-seeing.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Whoever is vain is hard of heart because if they weren't hard of heart they wouldn't be vain
A) No fallacy. B) False cause. C) Appeal to unqualified authority. D) Missing the point. E) Begging the question.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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