Exam 6: Performance Evaluation: Variance Analysis

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "Conservatism isn't dead? Who says?"

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Gays in the military? No way. Clinton promoted the idea just to get the homosexual vote.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "We beat the prices of our competitors. We would not say this if it weren't ."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. "The administration's proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land as 'roadless areas' is a huge mistake, and I'm against it. The whole point of the proposal-and it will succeed if the President gets his way-is to lock the American people out of those areas."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. "Re: 'New York taxes soak the poor.' The article stated that a family of four with an income of $11,000 pays over 14 percent of its income on state taxes. So what? The only way that could be done is if they spent half their income on high tax items such as liquor and cigarettes and movies. I, for one, won't shed any tears." -From a letter to the editor

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. You know how some people against gun control say that making guns illegal won't stop anyone who wants one from getting one? Ever notice how the same people are usually against legalizing drugs because they don't want drugs made available? Funny how they think that law won't work for guns but will work for drugs.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Overheard: "I don't know why Barbara won't go out with me. She must think I'm too intense for her."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. The ACLU? Yeah, I know about them, and I don't like them very much. They're the ones who furnish free lawyers for criminals.