Skills Lesson: Types of Evidence and
Logical Fallacies Exam Questions and
Answers
Statistics that are used to draw conclusions about larger groups are called
__________.
A. inferential
B. descriptive
C. analogical
D. anecdotal - -A. inferential
- Which of the following are fallacies of relevance?
A. equivocation and division
B. hasty generalization and false analogy
C. faulty analogy and non sequitur
D. popular appeal and personal attack - -D. popular appeal and personal
attack
- Which of the following is a fallacy of syllogism?
A. non sequitur
B. personal attack
C. division
D. argument from the negative - -A. non sequitur
- That baseball team won the World Series, so the players must be
outrageously talented baseball players.
Which logical fallacy is present in this argument?
A. argument from the negative
B. equivocation
C. faulty analogy
D. division - -D. division
- A statistic is a(n) __________ that describes groups or samples of objects.
A. observation
B. analogy
C. number
D. experiment - -C. number
Logical Fallacies Exam Questions and
Answers
Statistics that are used to draw conclusions about larger groups are called
__________.
A. inferential
B. descriptive
C. analogical
D. anecdotal - -A. inferential
- Which of the following are fallacies of relevance?
A. equivocation and division
B. hasty generalization and false analogy
C. faulty analogy and non sequitur
D. popular appeal and personal attack - -D. popular appeal and personal
attack
- Which of the following is a fallacy of syllogism?
A. non sequitur
B. personal attack
C. division
D. argument from the negative - -A. non sequitur
- That baseball team won the World Series, so the players must be
outrageously talented baseball players.
Which logical fallacy is present in this argument?
A. argument from the negative
B. equivocation
C. faulty analogy
D. division - -D. division
- A statistic is a(n) __________ that describes groups or samples of objects.
A. observation
B. analogy
C. number
D. experiment - -C. number