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Think with Socrates Does Not Contain a Section on Enthymemes

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Think with Socrates does not contain a section on enthymemes. However, the concept can be defined briefly. This exercise defines an enthymeme and gives students a chance to practice filling in holes in incomplete deductive arguments.
An enthymeme is an argument that is missing one or more premises or a conclusion. Each of the following deductive arguments is missing either a premise or a conclusion. (Thus, each is an enthymeme.) Add a statement to each so as to turn the enthymeme into a valid argument.
-If it rains, then the roof gets wet. Therefore, it is not raining.


Definitions:

Nondirectional Hypothesis

A type of hypothesis that specifies that a difference or relationship exists, but does not predict the direction of the difference or relationship.

Two-tailed Hypothesis

A hypothesis test that allows for the possibility of a relationship in both directions, not specifying the direction of the relationship.

Invalid Hypothesis

A hypothesis that is disproven or found to be incorrect based on evidence or statistical analysis.

Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the degree to which two variables fluctuate together, ranging from -1 (perfect negative correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation).

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