Graded Assignment 1.2 (Reasoning)

In the scenarios below: (a) determine if the reasoning process is inductive or deductive

and explain why, (b) explain whether the conclusion is justified or necessarily true, and (c)

explain whether you agree or disagree with the conclusion.

4. An operations officer observed that airport snow removal equipment such as trucks

with snowplow blades and snow blowers are always operated in a forward motion

(i.e., they push the snow forward). As a result, he decides that the best way to clear

his driveway of snow using a shovel is to move forward by throwing each scoop of

snow in front of the next.

5. Twenty-five airline passengers arriving in Dublin on the same transatlantic flight,

all reported getting sick after dinner. After interviewing these passengers, the

emergency room doctor discovered that all of them had shrimp cocktails as an

appetizer on the flight and concluded that it was the shrimp that caused them to be

sick