The Following Statement Appears in a University's Report to Its

question 30

Multiple Choice

The following statement appears in a university's report to its board of regents: "Several other notable universities, including Stanford and Harvard, are offering massive, open online classes, or MOOCs. It is imperative for Old State University to keep pace in the educational marketplace." What type of reasoning does the passage display?

• A) arguing from ignorance
• B) circular argument
• C) ad hominem argument
• D) ad populum argument

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Definitions:

Flowering Plants

Plants that belong to the group Angiosperms, characterized by bearing flowers in which seeds are enclosed within a fruit.

Mammals

A class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals that possess hair or fur, and whose females produce milk for feeding their young.

Insects

Small arthropods belonging to the class Insecta, characterized by three-part bodies, usually two antennae, and compound eyes.

Amphibians

Cold-blooded vertebrates that live both in water and on land at different stages of their life, such as frogs and salamanders.