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Causal Arguments Quiz
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What type of reasoning is at work in these examples? Is there any problem?

1
Every time it snows, the weather's warmer. Somehow the snow must warm up the air.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
2
Students who plan to go on to graduate or professional schools are more likely to complete four years of college. So advisers should talk to their students about law school right away; it's doing them a favor.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
3
It's a jinx to be elected or reelected president in a year that ends with a 0. The presidents elected in 1840, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940, and 1960 all died in office.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
4
Look at the people who ride the early morning bus: tired, depressed. Riding the bus must be bad for you.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
5
Admissions director: Our study shows that incoming first-year students who send a picture of themselves for the handbook are more likely to remain in college for the full four years.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
6
Susan woke up Monday with a headache; she took an aspirin and it went away. On Friday she woke up with a headache again, took a garlic supplement, and couldn't get rid of her headache. She concluded that aspirin got rid of her headache.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
7
Since 1945, at least one nation in the world has possessed nuclear weapons. Also since 1945, the world has seen no full-scale war between major powers. So nuclear weapons have prevented warfare.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
8
Three people at the party learned that they shared the birthday of March 15; interestingly, they had all been born by Caesarian section. Now, March 15 was the day that Caesar was killed, and they say he was born by Caesarian section. There's something about being born on that day.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
9
I woke up today and my arthritic fingers suddenly felt limber and comfortable. Funny, I was expecting a bad day, because yesterday I got stung all over my hands by a swarm of bees. Instead, they must have relieved my arthritis.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
10
For my science experiment I put twenty ants into a shoe box and taped it shut. I wanted to see the effect of darkness on animal motion. Three weeks later I took the box out of the closet and it was empty. I guess darkness makes ants disappear.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread
11
Most cocaine users have, at some point, smoked marijuana regularly. Therefore, marijuana use causes cocaine use.
A)Relevant difference
B)Relevant common thread







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