Question

1. Radio talk show host Michael Savage: "80% of Americans are against the Democrats' health care reform bill."

a) questionable use of good statistics

b) questionable statistics

c) unrepresentative sample

d) false charge of fallacy

2. John: Republicans are always clamoring for smaller government. They apparently believe that we need less regulation on businesses.

Anne: That's a straw man argument.

a) Anne is making a false charge of fallacy

b) Anne is making a correct charge of fallacy

3. Every time in the past that I have eaten garlic I have gotten indigestion. Thus, eating garlic will likely give me indigestion in the future.

This is an example of:

a) a conductive argument

b) a deductive argument

c) an inductive argument

d) composition

4. Jim and Jerry both like to watch baseball, football, and soccer. Jim also likes to watch basketball. Thus Jerry will also probably like to watch basketball.

This is an example of a ________

a) strong illustrative analogy

b) strong demonstrative analogy

c) weak illustrative analogy

d) weak demonstrative analogy

5. From the movie, "12 Angry Men":

Juror A: 'You a Yankee fan?'

Juror B: 'No, Baltimore.'

Juror A: 'Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crow bar once a day.'

This is an example of a(n) ________

a) illustrative analogy

b) demonstrative analogy

c) questionable cause

d) correct charge of fallacy

Answer 1

1. Radio talk show host Michael Savage: "80% of Americans are against the Democrats' health care reform bill."

a) questionable use of good statistics

b) questionable statistics

c) unrepresentative sample

d) false charge of fallacy

This statistics is questionable as it is being declared on a radio talk show, without any reference to any research.

2. John: Republicans are always clamoring for smaller government. They apparently believe that we need less regulation on businesses.

Anne: That's a straw man argument.

a) Anne is making a false charge of fallacy

b) Anne is making a correct charge of fallacy

Anne is not making a correct charge of fallacy because John’s is discussing a general opinion, not drawing any conclusions.

3. Every time in the past that I have eaten garlic I have gotten indigestion. Thus, eating garlic will likely give me indigestion in the future.

This is an example of:

a) a conductive argument

b) a deductive argument

c) an inductive argument

d) composition

This is an inductive argument because it involves making a generalization from specific instances.

4. Jim and Jerry both like to watch baseball, football, and soccer. Jim also likes to watch basketball. Thus Jerry will also probably like to watch basketball.

This is an example of a ________

a) strong illustrative analogy

b) strong demonstrative analogy

c) weak illustrative analogy

d) weak demonstrative analogy

This is a strong illustrative analogy as three examples of common likes are given between Jerry and John.

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