The Inherent Fallacy in the Argument That Capital Punishment Is

question 18

Multiple Choice

The inherent fallacy in the argument that capital punishment is not a deterrent (since pockets were being picked even at the public hanging of a pickpocket) is that

• A) pickpockets were never hanged
• B) you can't compare groups of unequal sizes
• C) there was no comparison or control group
• D) you can't make comparisons with only nominal data

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