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Logic and Argument quiz

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Logic and Argument — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.Which passage is an argument rather than a mere assertion or explanation?
  2. 2.In the enthymeme "Whales are mammals, so they breathe air," what is the hidden premise?
  3. 3.An argument is valid but you discover one of its premises is false. What can you conclude?
  4. 4.Which statement about validity and truth is correct?
  5. 5.Which best describes the difference between the strength of an inductive argument and the validity of a deductive one?
  6. 6.A researcher surveys 50,000 people found entirely at one luxury resort and concludes most people take three holidays a year. What is the main flaw?
  7. 7.Neighbourhoods with more coffee shops have higher rents. Before concluding coffee shops raise rents, what should you look for first?
  8. 8.According to Austin Bradford Hill's 1965 address, how should his nine viewpoints be used?
  9. 9.An analogical argument is strongest when:
  10. 10."Running a country is just like running a business, so a good CEO will make a good president" is a weak analogy mainly because:
  11. 11.In Toulmin's model, the warrant is:
  12. 12.Why does adding a rebuttal condition ("unless...") tend to strengthen an argument rather than weaken it?
  13. 13.What is the central aim of adversarial collaboration as advocated by Daniel Kahneman?
  14. 14.In Kahneman and Klein's 2009 paper, what two conditions make intuitive expertise trustworthy?
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