INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Either Bill Clinton or George W. Bush was president when the World Trade Center towers were destroyed. But Bush was not president at that time. Therefore, Bill Clinton was president when those buildings were destroyed

Question

A) Inductive, invalid.

B) Deductive, valid.

C) Deductive, invalid.

D) Inductive, strong.

E) Inductive, weak.

Answer 1

B