An Applicant for a Job Reasoned That If She Interviewed

question 28

Multiple Choice

An applicant for a job reasoned that if she interviewed well, then she would probably be hired for the job. Later, she was hired for the job and concluded that she must have interviewed well. According to conventional rules, the applicant _____ make an error in her deductive reasoning because she asserted _____ in drawing her conclusion.

• A) did not; logic based on good, common sense
• B) did; the antecedent along with correct logical form
• C) did not; the antecedent
• D) did; the consequent

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