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INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each.If organic food contains pesticides, then consumers are misled. Organic food does not contain pesticides. Therefore, consumers are not misled.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each statement. Thrifty lays off workers only if neither National improves efficiency nor Enterprise reorganizes.

True or False: An argument from analogy is a type of inductive argument.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. Both Baylor and Rice do not raise tuition provided that Smith increases enrollment.

INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each.After Sally stopped wearing Levi jeans, she started having vision problems. Therefore, to clear up her vision problems, Sally should go back to wearing her Levi’s.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. Piaget has a gold watch only if both Seiko has leather bands and Breitling has a diamond model.

Proposition 1AGiven the following proposition: [A  ⊃  ∼ (B  •  Y)]  ≡  ∼[B  ⊃  (X  •  ∼ A)]In Proposition 1A, the main operator is a:

​ INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each.If you go to foreign films, if you go to documentaries, if you go to independent films, if you go to good films, you will become a better person because you will understand human nature better. Movies record human nature in a better way than any other art form. That’s for sure. Roger Ebert

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. If Baylor’s hiring new faculty implies that Rice increases enrollment, then Williams raises tuition if Smith expands course offerings.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. If Williams increases enrollment, then not both Fordham and Georgetown expand course offerings.