1. All mammals are warm-blooded. So, all bats are warm-blooded.
All bats are mammals.
All mammals are warm-blooded.
So, all bats are warm-blooded.
Deductive arguments are arguments in which the conclusion is claimed or intended to follow necessarily from the premises.
Inductive arguments are arguments in which the conclusion is claimed or intended to follow probably from the premises.
Is the argument above deductive or inductive?
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2. Inductive or deductive? Which test did you use to determine it?
Don: Yeah, Luigi's is pretty good. I've had their Neapolitan rigatoni, their lasagne col pesto, and their mushroom ravioli. I don't think you can go wrong with any of their pasta dishes.
Inductive or deductive?
Which test did you use to determine it? 
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3. Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
I wonder if I have enough cash to buy my psychology textbook as well as my biology and history textbooks. Let's see, I have $200. My biology textbook costs $65 and my history textbook costs $52. My psychology textbook costs $60. With taxes, that should come to about $190. Yep, I have enough.
Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
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4. Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
I wonder if I have enough cash to buy my psychology textbook as well as my biology and history textbooks. Let's see, I have $200. My biology textbook costs $65 and my history textbook costs $52. My psychology textbook costs $60. With taxes, that should come to about $190. Yep, I have enough.
Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
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5. Is the father's argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
Mother: Don't give Billy that brownie. It contains walnuts, and I think Billy is allergic to walnuts. Last week he ate some oatmeal cookies with walnuts and he broke out in a severe rash.
Father: Billy isn't allergic to walnuts. Don't you remember he ate some walnut fudge ice cream at Melissa's birthday party last spring? He didn't have any allergic reaction then.
Is the father's argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
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6. Deductive or Inductive? Which Test?
Mother: Don't give Billy that brownie. It contains walnuts, and I think Billy is allergic to walnuts. Last week he ate some oatmeal cookies with walnuts, and he broke out in a severe rash.
Father: Billy isn't allergic to walnuts. Don't you remember he ate some walnut fudge ice cream at Melissa's birthday party last spring? He didn't have any allergic reaction then.
Deductive or Inductive? Which Test?
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7. John is an agnostic. It follows that he doesn't believe in God.
Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
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8. Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
John is an agnostic. It necessarily follows that he doesn't believe in God.
Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
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9. Larry: Do you think Representative Porkmeister will be re-elected?
Norman: I doubt it. Porkmeister's district has become more conservative in recent years. Porkmeister is a liberal Democrat, and 63% of the registered voters in his district are now Republicans.
Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
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10. Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
Larry: Do you think Representative Porkmeister will be re-elected?
Norman: I doubt it. Porkmeister's district has become more conservative in recent years. Porkmeister is a liberal Democrat, and 63% of the registered voters in his district are now Republicans.   
Deductive or Inductive? Which test?
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11. Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
If Buster walked to the game, then he didn't drive to the game. Buster didn't drive to the game. Therefore, Buster walked to the game.
Is this argument deductive or inductive? How can you tell?
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