INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. The chief of the fire department issued a report stating that residential fires are down slightly from the prior year. Thus, it must be the case that residential fires are slightly down this year
A) Inductive. strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, sound.
E) Deductive, valid.
A
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