INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Valerie Nelson's last three novels sold well over a million copies each. She's now finished a new novel, and it has gotten better reviews than the earlier ones. Hence, her new novel should sell over a million copies, too

A) Inductive, strong.

B) Inductive, weak.

C) Deductive, invalid.

D) Inductive, cogent.

E) Deductive, valid.


A

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