Flaws in Inductive Reasoning are:

Question

Flaws in Inductive Reasoning are:

Choose all that are correct

a. mixing samples.

b. poor conclusions

c. faulty abstractions

d. faulty premises

e. incomplete samples

Answer 1

The correct options are: B) Poor Conclusions; D) Faulty Premises; E) Incomplete Samples

Why?

First, let's remind ourselves that inductive reasoning is a method of thinking where specific obervations are used to draw general conclusions. A flaw in this process means the argument was weakened or invalid because the evidence does not adequately support the conclusion.

1. B) Poor Conclusions -- This flaw involves jumping from a specific observation to a general rule that is too large or ignores important counter-evidence, resulting in unjustifiable generalization.
2. D) Faulty Premises -- Premises are the foundation that build our conclusion statement. If that foundation is factually incorrect or unproven, the entire argument they support becomes unreliable.
3. E) Incomplete Samples -- If the sample size is too small to be representative of the entire population, the general conclusion is likely invalid.