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The conclusion above is not necessarily valid
because:
The average height of members of the high
school basketball team is six feet, three
inches. Jerry is on the high school basketball
team, so Jerry must be taller than six feet.
The argument above is flawed because it
confuses
Catherine goes to her local movie theater only
to see romantic comedies. Since Catherine did
not go to the movies yesterday, there is not a
romantic comedy playing at her local theater.
The reasoning above is flawed because the
evidence:
A recent study of 100 employees from six
departments of a major corporation found
65% to be sleep deprived. The researchers
concluded that the majority of corporate
employees are sleep deprived.
The researcher’s conclusion is suspect
because it:
People have claimed that Jamie’s paintings
have given them the blues. Clearly this cannot
be entirely correct, since many of Jamie’s
paintings contain no blue at all.