INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. DNA tests of blood found at the crime scene indicate a match with the defendant's blood. Therefore, the defendant must have been present at the crime scene

A) Inductive, weak.

B) Inductive, strong.

C) Deductive, valid.

D) Deductive, invalid.

E) Inductive, cogent.


B

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