"Since Hondas are well-made cars, and the same is true of Nissans, Toyotas, Mitsubishis, and Lexuses, probably all Japanese cars are well made; for all of the makes just listed are Japanese" is an example of

A) enumerative induction B) statistical syllogism C) causal argument D) analogy


A

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