Inductive Reasoning

Question 1

argument from analogy

Answer 1

argument that something has an attribute because a similar thing has that attribute.
-Bill likes hunting. Therefor his brother Sam likes hunting

Question 2

weak analogy

Answer 2

weak argument based on debatable or unimportant similarites

Question 3

generalizing from a sample

Answer 3

reason that all, most, or some percentage of the members of a population have an attribute because all, most, or some percentage of a sample have that attribute

Question 4

hasty generalization

Answer 4

arriving at a general statement or rule by citing too few supporting cases

Question 5

argument by anecdote

Answer 5

using a story

Question 6

generalizing from exceptional cases

Answer 6

arriving at a general statement by citing an atypical supporting case

Question 7

accident

Answer 7

when author assumes that a general statement automatically applies to a case that is exceptional
-costco sells for less. therfore lawn fertilizer will cost less at costco

Question 8

weak analogy

Answer 8

weak argument based on unimportant similarites

Question 9

fallacious appeal to authority

Answer 9

author tries to support by evidence from a nonauthoritive evidence

Question 10

fallacious appeal to popularity

Answer 10

when author treats an issue that cannot be settled by public opinion as if it can
-the Iranians have nuclear weapons. Everyone knows that.

Question 11

appeal to common practice

Answer 11

this is the right way; it’s the way it has always been done

Question 12

bandwagon fallacy

Answer 12

Rand Paul has earned your support. Everyone is endorsing him

Question 13

slippery slope

Answer 13

argument that rests on unsupported warning that is controversial
-electing that man to be president will bankrupt the country within two years