Question

(A: identify the following arguments as Statistical Generalizations or Statistical Applications, B: identify the reference class, C: identify the sample/subset class, and then D: identify them as strong or weak and why. Employ the following list of criteria to explain why) ]

Generalizations: Is the sample size large enough? Is the sample biased? Is there bias in investigation? Is there bias in interpretation?

Applications: What are the percentages (or their equivalent) cited in the premises? Is the reference class chosen the most relevant? (be sure to EXPLAIN just how the argument meets or fails the standards – citing them is not enough!)

"Still smoking those cigarettes? Don’t you know that over 90% of people who regularly smoke cigarettes lose at least 10 years of their life? If you don’t stop the same will happen to you."

Answer 1

As the statement provides the percentage of people cited in smoking in ciggarettes as 90 % . It is considered as a Application ., thus it is a Statistical Application statement.

B: As there was a comparison through the statement "Don’t you know that over 90% of people who regularly smoke cigarettes lose at least 10 years of their life? "

Reference classis 90 % people

C:  "90% of people who regularly smoke" is not explaining about any experiment or sample of audience raather it explains about subset of audience

D: It is a weak statement as it does not provide evidence of sample