Inductive Reasoning

Question 1

inductive argument

Answer 1

premises are meant to support a conclusion but not to fully prove it

Question 2

argument by generalization

Answer 2

often uses premises about a sample of a population to support a conclusion about the whole population.

Question 3

related argument by generalization

Answer 3

uses premises about a whole population to support a conclusion about part of that population.

Question 4

predictive argument by generalization

Answer 4

uses a premise about the sample observed so far in a population to support a conclusion about another part of the population.

Question 5

biased sample

Answer 5

A sample chosen in a way likely to make it relevantly different than that of the population

Question 6

hasty generalization

Answer 6

An argument by generalization that uses too small a sample to justify its conclusion

Question 7

fallacy of specificity.

Answer 7

An argument whose conclusion is too precise for its premises to justify

Question 8

argument by analogy

Answer 8

starts by saying two or more things are alike in certain ways. The argument then gives a claim about one of those two things as a reason to accept a similar claim about the other.