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Thursday, May 21

@Kevin_Lin Thank you so much for your answer! This makes a ton of sense, and I'm excited to keep drilling. You're amazing! :)

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Edited Wednesday, May 20

Thank you so much for the video — I swear it answered my prayers because I've been struggling with identifying reasoning. This is my first time interecting with the community, and I am hoping to get some help!

First, in the video (hyperlinked with the timestamp here) Kevin notes that an example of eliminating the cause but retaining the effect is not achieved under the scope of "some." Is this the same case with other slightly more proportionally representative words like "many" or "several"? 

Along the same vein, would it also be conversely true that when trying to strengthen causal relationships, it is not valid to affirm the cause with the effect under the scope of "some"? In the video's example, if the causal reasoning is plants tend to sleep quality, would it not strengthen if we said some people slept better once they added roses to their home (by affirming the relationship). The root of my question is whether the limits of the "rule of thumb" Kevin references with "some" answer choices apply to both strengthening and weakening questions, or just the latter. 

As a final note, I've spent a ton of time trying to identify different reasoning types without success — many times because I'm not sure whether I see a label in the review section on whether a question is causal, inductive, analogous, or deductive. Are there any tips or even videos that can help me further practice? My main issue is that I have a hard time identifying differences between causal and inductive reasoning. Any and all help would mean the world — whether it's from a fellow student, tutor, or anyone else! - Brandon :)

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