Deduction & Induction

A "syllogism" in Greek means "to bring together in order to think or reason," and is a different type of critical thinking than deduction.

False

Deduction means determining what is true about a group of things by looking at some examples of them.

False

If the data population is heterogeneous, made up of many dissimilar items, then a small sample, should be used

False

Small subset of the big group as the census

False

The conclusion (that is the choice or decision you make) regarding the person, event, or thing named in the minor premise follows is always valid as long as the major premise is valid.

False

When we have no prior knowledge, then there is no way to think critically because we have no major premise.

False

Induction is the process of determining what is true about a group of things by looking at some examples of them.

True

The big group that we want to know more about as the data population.

True

The major premise states what is true or proper about a certain group of people, events, or things.

True

The minor premise states that the specific person, event, or thing that is the main focus of your specific choice or decision does in fact belong to the general category named in the major premise.

True