15. Morsalin went to the farmer's market to buy three baskets of strawberries. She looked at the top layer of strawberries inthe first three of the twenty baskets at the produce stand and noticed no fuzz on the strawberries. Confident that the strawberries were fresh, she bought all three baskets.

What is the population?

What is the sample?

• A.

population: the twenty baskets of strawberries at the farmer's market

sample: the three baskets of strawberries

• B.

population: the threebaskets of strawberries at the farmer's market

sample: the top layer of the three baskets

• C.

population: the twenty baskets of strawberries at the farmer's market

sample: the top layer of the three baskets

• D.

population: the twentybaskets of strawberries at the farmer's market

sample: the top layer of the twenty baskets

3.6 "Dad! Do you think the government should lower the drinking age?" "No way! Next thing we know kids will be able to drive at 10 and vote at 15. I say, 'Let kids be kids and adults be adults.'"

• A. slippery slope
• B. post hoc
• C. red herring
• D. appeal to popularity

17. "If you want our country to be safe, we must increase military spending."

• A. appeal to pity
• B. non sequitur
• C. slippery slope
• D. false dichotomy

18. "Trust me! I'm a doctor," says Dr. Dre, in a once popular Dr. Pepper commercial.

• A. non sequitur
• B. begging the question
• C. red herring
• D. appeal to authority

19. "Pro-choice is absurd. How could anyone actually support killing an innocent human being?"

• A. straw man
• B. red herring
• C. ad hominem
• D. appeal to pity

20. You and your friend are having a conversation about the ethics of eating meat. You say to her, "Why do humans get to live but animals don't?" She replies, "Because they're human."

• A. straw man
• B. begging the question
• C. false dichotomy
• D. post hoc

21. "I aced the midterm exam because I ate Lucky Charm's for breakfast."

• A. red herring
• B. appeal to authority
• C. post hoc
• D. false dichotomy

22. "There is no such thing as objective moral truth. It's all a matter of perspective. I once heard about a six-year-old girl who became an orphan and was left to fend for herself. She was on the verge of starving to death, and like anyone would do, she went into a store, grabbed some food off the shelf, went back to the alley she had been living in and started eating it. Who are we to say that what this poor girl did is wrong?"

• A. straw man
• B. slippery slope
• C. non sequitur
• D. appeal to pity

23. Former President Barack Obama, in a press conference during his time in office: "I am not going to have a monthly or every three months conversation about whether or not we pay our bills because that, in and of itself, does severe damage. Even the threat of default hurts our economy. It's hurting our economy as we speak. We shouldn't be having that debate."

• A. appeal to authority
• B. post hoc
• C. false dichotomy
• D. red herring