Argument validity CRT 205 week7

Argument validity CRT 205 week7

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

This statement is possibly true or possibly false. This is on an average next year they may get 20 inches and the year after that it may be more or less.

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.

This statement is possibly true or possibly false.   I am sure you cannot get 40 miles to the gallon in a v8; you cannot get that in a v6; maybe in a v4; and that is, if it is a hybrid


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.
This statement is possibly true or possibly false.   Who is to say that the next race they may get it? We cannot predict which state the next president will come from.
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.

This statement is possibly true.   I want say beyond a reasonable doubt because with our economy today, we can barely keep our jobs. A cell phone may not a necessity anymore.

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.

This statement is possibly true or possibly false. These schools seem to seek out students with GPA’s 4.0 and higher. Those students are already well educated when they arrive there.

8. Michael Jackson has had more plastic surgery than anybody else in
California. You can bet he’s had more than anybody in...