School administrator: "We recently completed an annual standardized test of math, reading, and writing. We have received the scores for math and reading and found that our students performed roughly as well as we had predicted. While we haven't received the scores for the writing test, we have concluded that the writing results are probably similar to those of the math and reading tests."
The administrator's reasoning does which of the following?
A)Uses information about the results of a similar event to draw conclusions about another event.
B)Infers a statistical generalization from a specific case.
C)Bases a prediction for a specific case of off a general principle.
D)Uses an analogy to show that results from one test will be the same as those from another test.
E)Uses information from past events to predict the results of future events.

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The administrator uses information about the results of one event to draw conclusions about another, similar event. The administrator reasoned that because math and reading results were as they predicted, writing results should be the same as well.

School Administrator: "We Recently Completed an Annual Standardized Test of Math