INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Since some politicians are honest people and some honest people are eloquent statesmen, it follows that some politicians are eloquent statesmen

A) Inductive, strong.

B) Inductive, weak.

C) Inductive, cogent.

D) Deductive, valid.

E) Deductive, invalid.


E

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