A Fallacy That Can Be Detected Through Mere Inspection of the Form

question 44

Multiple Choice

A fallacy that can be detected through mere inspection of the form of an argument is:

• A) An informal fallacy.
• B) A fallacy of weak induction.
• C) A fallacy of relevance.
• D) A fallacy of ambiguity.
• E) A formal fallacy.

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

A statistical term describing how data points are distributed in a way that they form a bell-shaped curve, with most values clustering around a central mean and fewer occurring as they move away.

Average Starting Salary

The average starting salary is the mean salary offered to employees with no prior experience in a particular job or field at the beginning of their employment.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the amount of variability or dispersion around the mean of a set of data points.

Normally Distributed

Describes a dataset that follows a normal distribution curve, characterized by its bell shape and defined by its mean and standard deviation.