INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. If organic food contains pesticides, then consumers are misled. Organic food does not contain pesticides. Therefore, consumers are not misled
A) Inductive, weak.
B) Inductive, strong.
C) Deductive, valid.
D) Deductive, invalid.
E) Deductive, sound.
D
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den Haag says that:
a. all penalties except fines are irreversible. b. the innocent are rarely found guilty. c. the appeals process corrects trial errors. d. all of the above
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“preferential treatment.”
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