Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. There are two approaches to the development and testing of hypotheses: inductive and deductive. In the inductive
method, the scientist gathers empirical data and from it arrives at a generalization. The inductive method proceeds from specific observations to a general conclusion. Using a deductive method, a scientist develops a general idea about a phenomenon, performs experiments, and from them makes specific predictions that can be tested again. Robert Leo Smith and Thomas M Smith, Ecology and Field Biology, 6th edition
A) Argument; conclusion: The inductive method ... to a general conclusion.
B) Nonargument.
C) Argument; conclusion: There are two approaches ... inductive and deductive.
D) Argument; conclusion: using a deductive method ... can be tested again.
E) Argument; conclusion: In the inductive method ... at a generalization.
B
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