Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A statistical syllogism argues that because a certain percentage of a group has a certain characteristic and a particular thing is a member of that group, that particular thing must also have that characteristic.
2. The fallacy of incomplete evidence is committed in a statistical syllogism when one knowingly omits relevant evidence that bears on the truth of the conclusion.
3. The percentage cited in a statistical syllogism may be less than 50.
4. Some statistical syllogisms may be stronger than others.
5. Deductive arguments proceed from the general to the specific while inductive arguments proceed from the specific to the general.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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