Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.Mónica is an excellent Spanish classical dancer. With a bit of practice, she'd probably be a fine flamenco dancer as well.

What will be an ideal response?


This is not as good an argument as it might appear. Different art forms may be much more different from one another than they might at first appear. Certainly we'd like Mónica's chances better than most people's, but it's by no means a sure thing.

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From the standpoint of critical thinking, a good argument should be ________.

A. either deductively sound or inductively cogent B. clear C. deductively sound or inductively cogent D. None of the answers are correct

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The purpose of john stuart mills contrasting of the early christians... Christians today do not possess the good reasons that early christians had for giving their lives for what they knew to be true

a. true b. false

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. C. D. Broad use the fact that religious mystics are typically psychologically abnormal and sexually repressed to argue that they are suffering from a delusion. 2. According to your text, some people have religious experiences without experiencing a God. 3. According to your text, religious experiences sometimes lead to false predictions. 4. According to your text, the Freudian interpretation of religious experience is not as coherent an interpretation as the theist’s account. 5. The text concluded that there are so many problems with religious experiences, that one should never believe his or her own experiences of this sort.

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