INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. During the past 80 years, the number of Model T Fords on the highway has steadily fallen while the number of deaths from lung cancer has steadily risen. Thus, to reduce the number of deaths from lung cancer we should bring back the Model T Ford

A) Deductive, invalid.

B) Inductive, weak.

C) Deductive, valid.

D) Inductive, strong.

E) Inductive, cogent.


B

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