INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. After examining DNA evidence found at the crime scene, Dr. Jacobs, a highly qualified forensic biologist, says that Alex Foster could not have committed the crime. Therefore, we conclude that Foster is innocent
A) Inductive, weak.
B) Deductive, sound.
C) Deductive, invalid.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, strong.
E
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