easy · GMAT Verbal Reasoning
An argument states: "Since every employee at this company has a university degree, and John works at this company, John must have a university degree."
This argument is an example of which type of reasoning?
- Deductive reasoning, because the conclusion is logically guaranteed by applying a universal rule to a specific case.
- Statistical generalization, because a property observed within a sample is then projected onto an entire population.
- Reasoning by analogy, because the conclusion is drawn by comparing two cases that are broadly similar to each other.
- Inductive reasoning, because the cited evidence makes the conclusion only probable rather than logically certain.
- Circular reasoning, because the stated conclusion is quietly assumed within one of the premises the argument relies on.
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