Think with Socrates Does Not Contain a Section on Enthymemes

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Short Answer

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.
-When it is summer, the birds are chirping. The birds are not chirping …

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Definitions:

Correlational Research

A research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables to determine if they are associated.

Prediction

The act of making statements or claims about events that will happen in the future based on past and present information or data.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data where most of the observations cluster around the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.