INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Less than one percent of 38-year-old expectant mothers give birth to a Down syndrome baby. Therefore, since Pamela is a 38-year-old expectant mother, it is unlikely that she will give birth to a Down syndrome baby
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Inductive, weak.
C) Deductive, valid.
D) Deductive, sound.
E) Inductive, strong.
E
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