Question

In enumerative induction, one reasons to a conclusion about a group from premises about some members of the group.

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Answer 1

The given statement is true .

Inductive arguments are of several types ,they includes enumerative ,analogical and causal .

Enumerative induction is a type of reasoning .

Enumerative induction is a type of  inductive argument pattern in which reasoning from the premises about the individual members of a group to conclusion about the entire group.Here the number of instances supports the conclusion ,thus the strength of the conclusion depends upon the number of supporting instances.The whole group is called target group .

In enumerative induction there is a chance of hasty generalisation/faulty generalisation .

For instance ,if one observes 100 cows ,and all the 100 cows were brown ,one might conclude a universal categorical proposition of the form of all cows are brown .