Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The study of logic is about learning to be careful about how we construct and evaluate arguments.
2. An argument is valid if, when we accept the premises of an argument, we’re free to accept or reject its conclusions.
3. A premise is a statement that is presumed to be true within the context of an argument leading to a conclusion
4. The deductive approach to learning starts with a set of observations and then tries to ascertain a pattern in the observations that can be used to generate an explanation for the observations.
5. With induction, observation precedes theory.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
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A. judges and a jury start a de novo trial B. the jury provides an opinion to help the judges determine the innocence or guilt of a defendant C. judges can overturn the decisions of lower courts as long as they get a majority vote from the original jurists to do so D. judges review the case to determine whether the lower courts conformed to constitutional and statutory law
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a) Corporate executives were secretly and profitably unloading their shares of the company's stock before wrong-doing information publicly emerged. b) Enron was over-regulated. c) Capitalism is not self-regulating. d) Deregulation does not work in the energy sector.
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a.) screening interviews b.) roughly homogeneous groups c.) choosing participants that already know each other d.) choosing participants that are strangers
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A. you receive a portion of the electoral votes based on the percentage of the popular vote received B. the state will divide the electoral vote by the congressional district and will award one electoral vote for each district won by the candidate C. the popular vote is irrelevant and the state legislature chooses who will receive the electoral votes D. whichever candidate wins the popular vote will win all the of the electoral votes.