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Is the Argument Deductive (D) or Inductive (I)

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Is the argument deductive (D) or inductive (I)?
-A square has four equal sides and four equal angles; therefore, this figure, which is a square, surely has four equal sides and four equal angles.


Definitions:

Test Statistic

A numerical value calculated from sample data, used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A default position that indicates no difference or no effect, set to be tested and possibly rejected in favor of an alternative hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, used as a starting assumption for statistical significance testing.

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