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1. What factors can affect an arguments inductive strength? validity of the prem

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Question

1.    What factors can affect an arguments inductive strength?

validity of the premises

methods of data acquisition

the ability to test the premises by experimentation

background information that adds to the stated premises

2.    Amy read on the internet that spraying plants with diluted coffee will kill any aphids that are on the plants. Amy wants to know if this is true. Which of these is an appropriate hypothesis for Amy to test?

If plants infested with aphids are sprayed with diluted coffee then the aphids will die.

Aphids sprayed with diluted coffee will not infest plants.

Plant sprayed with diluted coffee will not be infested by aphids.

If plants with bug infestations are sprayed with diluted coffee then the bugs will die

The area of an event in the sample space is equal to its probability.

True

False

4.       An estimator is the value that is calculated from sampling the population and is used to create a statistic.

             True

          False

validity of the premises

methods of data acquisition

the ability to test the premises by experimentation

background information that adds to the stated premises

Explanation / Answer

2)

ONLY
If plants infested with aphids are sprayed with diluted coffee then the aphids will die.->Go with option-A.

3)True.The area of an event in the sample space is equal to its probability-basic of geometric probability.Go with True.

4)For a statistic to be created we need confidence level along with statistic so Go with False.