Identify the Missing Premise in This Argument: All Nursing Students

question 17

Multiple Choice

Identify the missing premise in this argument: All nursing students have a high IQ; therefore, Michelle Clark has a high IQ.

• A)Michelle Clark goes to a large university.
• B)Only nursing students with a high IQ can get into nursing school.
• C)A high IQ is required for nurses to practice safely.
• D)Michelle Clark is a nursing student.

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Definitions:

Proof

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Scientific Method

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Control Group

In experimental research, the group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a benchmark to measure the effect of the treatment.