argument validity checkpoint

argument validity checkpoint

Melissa Cowles
Com 130- Argument Validity CheckPoint


2. The annual rainfall in California’s north valley averages twenty-three
inches. So the rainfall next year will be twenty-three inches.

Probably true-because the average has been 23 inches.

3. You expect to get forty miles to the gallon in that? Why, that old wreck
has a monster V8; besides, it’s fifty years old and needs an overhaul.

True beyond a reasonable doubt – besides it’s a fifty year old car the needs an overhaul.

4. In three of the last four presidential races, the winner of the Iowa Republican
primary has not captured the Republican nomination. Therefore,
the winner of the next Iowa Republican primary will not capture the
Republican nomination.
Possibly true or possibly false- 3 of the 4 presidential races, therefore the winner will not capture the republican nomination.
6. The number of cellular telephones has increased dramatically in each of
the past few years. Therefore there will be even more of them in use this
coming year.

Probably true- in the past few years the number of cellular phone has increased.


7. Since the graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other Ivy League
schools generally score higher on the Graduate Record Examination than
students from Central State, it follows that the Ivy League schools do
more toward educating their students than Central State does.

Probably true- since the graduates of Ivy League schools generally score higher it follows that the Ivy League schools do more toward educating their students.

8. Michael Jackson has had more plastic surgery than anybody else in
California. You can bet he’s had more than anybody in Connecticut!
Possibly false- it is not possible for one person to have more plastic surgery than an entire state.
10. When liquor was banned in 1920, hospitalizations for alcoholism and
related diseases plummeted; in 1933, when Prohibition was repealed,
alcohol-related illnesses rose...