University of Connecticut students overwhelmingly favor an 8.67 percent tuition hike
recommended by President Michael Hogan. Student body President Meredith L. Zaritheny
sent out the student survey to all undergraduates. Zaritheny said she was taken aback by the
strong response to the survey. She said she got 18,855 responses, with 92 percent in favor of
the 8.67 percent increase."—The Hartford Courant
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage from The Hartford Courant contains an inductive generalization. The
issue is whether University of Connecticut students overwhelmingly favor an 8.67 percent
tuition hike recommended by President Michael Hogan. The conclusion is that University of
Connecticut students overwhelmingly favor an 8.67 percent tuition hike recommended by
President Michael Hogan. The premise is that 92 percent of responders to an undergraduate
student survey favor the 8.67 percent tuition increase.
The argument is an inductive generalization. The argument is weak. Although the
sample size is large, the sample is unrepresentative because only undergraduate students were
surveyed.
? University of Connecticut students overwhelmingly favor an 8.67 percent tuition hike
recommended by President Michael Hogan. ? Student body President Meredith L. Zaritheny
sent out the student survey to all undergraduates. Zaritheny said ? she was taken aback by the
strong response to the survey. She said ? she got 18,855 responses, with 92 percent in favor
of the 8.67 percent increase.—The Hartford Courant
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