A Successful Comparative Inference Will Satisfy Five Criteria, the One

question 30

Multiple Choice

A successful comparative inference will satisfy five criteria, the one called comprehensiveness refers to is the ________.

• A) measure of the relative absence of complexity of the comparison
• B) extent to which a comparison captures a greater number of central or essential features
• C) degree of knowledge the listener has about the object to which the unknown is being compared
• D) capacity to project consequences that have the potential to be shown to be false, inapplicable, or unacceptable
• E) capacity to suggest consequences that go beyond those mentioned in the initial comparison.

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