QUESTION 7 Read this argument and then answer the question below and the six questions that follow to analyze and evaluate this argument:
ARGUMENT 1:
Preliminary results of a new study suggest that one of every five, or 20% of, New York City residents tested positive for antibodies to the
coronavirus. This would mean that about 20% of New Yorkers have previously been exposed to this virus.
The study drew this conclusion from random testing of about 1,300 people in New York City over the course of two days. Blood was
drawn from people who were shopping at grocery
and big-box stores. The blood was analyzed at a highly respected state lab, and their
analysis showed that in New York City, about 21 percent tested positive for coronavirus antibodies during the state survey.
What type of inductive argument is this?
a. analogical induction
b. prediction
C enumerative induction
d. statistical syllogism