INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. If football is a rough sport, then football injuries abound. It is the case that football injuries abound. Thus, it follows that football is a rough sport
A) Inductive, strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, uncogent.
B
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