INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Today's edition of the New York Times ran a long article on the terrorist bombing in Israel. Therefore, probably the Los Angeles Times, which covers international news about as well as the New York Times, also has an article on that bombing

A) Inductive, weak.

B) Deductive, valid.

C) Inductive, strong.

D) Inductive, cogent.

E) Deductive, invalid.


C

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