Determine Whether the Argument in the Problem Below Is Valid

question 34

Short Answer

Determine whether the argument in the problem below is valid or invalid. If valid, name the type of reasoning and if invalid, determine the error in reasoning.
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All physicists are clever men.
All clever men are rich.
Therefore, all physicists are rich.
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Definitions:

Population

The entire collection of individuals or items under consideration in a statistical study.

Sample Variance

The measure of the dispersion of sample data points around the sample mean, estimating the population variance.

Population Variance

A measure of dispersion that shows how much the members of a population differ from the population mean.

True Value

The actual value of a parameter or variable that is typically estimated based on sample data.