INDUCTIVE GENERALIZATIONS
ANALOGICAL ARGUMENTS
Reasons from experience with a sample
Reasons from experience with a comparison
group
individual
(the sample group is usually drawn from
on the basis of similarities between the comparison
the target group)
individual and the target individual
to a conclusion about
to a conclusion about
a target group
a target individual
All my English major friends like going
My last Hackney bicycle had problems
to foreign movies. So I bet that all English
with the gear shift. So I bet that
majors like going to foreign movies.
your Hackney bicycle has gear shift problems.
1. All of my children told lies at one point or another. Therefore, all children lie.
2. The students in my logic class laugh at Lee’s jokes. Therefore, all students at CSUS will laugh at
Lee’s jokes.
3. My last professor took points off for over 3 absences. So I bet that this professor will, too.