Chapter Review Quiz


1		A(n) argument is an inductive argument that uses the properties of a group to establish the property of another thing that resembles the members of that group.


2		Appeal to evidence is a type of hasty generalization that presents a few familiar examples.


3		A(n) generalization is an unjustified generalization based on an non-representative sample.


4		margin is a measurement of the range within which a generalization is an accurate claim.


5		fallacy is the error of believing that future occurrences of a repeating random event will catch up with expected regularities.


6		A(n) generalization is an unjustified generalization based on an excessively small sample.


7		A(n) class is a class or set of items that differ from one another.


8		A(n) class is a class of items that are identical to one another.


9		A(n) argument is one whose premise describes the property of a sample and whose conclusion extends that premise to a larger class containing that sample, or to an item outside the sample.


10		To is to resemble a larger class with respect to relevant properties and the proportions in which they occur.


11		The is the group whose members are known to have the property in question.


12		The is the individual or group that may have the property in question.


13		In analogical arguments, the is an individual outside the sample that is said to possess the property in question.