Consider the following statements: "Inner-city household interviewing is especially difficult and expensive.This survey involves substantial inner-city household interviewing.The interviewing in this survey will be especially difficult and expensive." This is an example of a(n)_____.
A) empirical argument
B) inductive argument
C) exposition
D) deductive argument
E) hypothesis

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This is a deductive argument because it starts with a general premise ("Inner-city household interviewing is especially difficult and expensive") and uses it to make a specific conclusion about the survey ("The interviewing in this survey will be especially difficult and expensive").

Consider the Following Statements: "Inner-City Household Interviewing Is Especially Difficult