What Is Historical Analysis

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is historical analysis?

• A) When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
• B) A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
• C) Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
• D) Historical events are studied to anticipate the outcome of current developments

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Definitions:

Existential Instantiation

A rule of inference used in logic to deduce that if there exists an element in a domain with a certain property, one can infer the existence of a specific example of that element.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule that allows for the conclusion that what is true of all members of a class is true for any specific member.

Quantifier Negation

The logical operation of negating the quantifiers within a statement, which often changes the scope or meaning of the statement.

Existential Generalization

A logical inference rule stating that if an assertion is true for some member of a domain, then there exists an element in that domain for which the assertion holds.