Conclusion Types Problems

Drill 6: Conclusion Types

There unexpected survery results suggest that there has been a general decline in overall literacy in this country over the past 40 years.

Explanation

The plan will likely achieve different results from those intended by management.

Prediction

If reduction of unemployment is the priority, consumers have to be willing to pay higher prices for manufactured goods.

Qualified

Computer models are less reliable than historical trend analysis for predicting market behavior.

Comparison

It was the launch of the first Soviet satellite in 1957 that triggered the boom in popular science fiction in the 1960s.

Causal

The physical evidence shows that those who believed the witness’s testimony were being misled.

Judgment on Opposing Point

So, economic factors cannot be an overriding considering in life-or-death decisions.

Mandate

Conditional

The advantageous choice, therefore, is to lease the new car.

Recommendation

So, countries can take actions to curtain the use of fossil fuels only after ensuring that such actions will not cripple the economy.

Qualified

Conditional

Increasing the tax on cigarettes will contribute to a reduction in the number of deaths from smoking-related disease in the future.

Prediction

No member of the board has held a political office or been a lobbyist for a political cause.

Conditional

It is clear that the only reason for the mayor’s unexpected victory was the scandal that haunted her opponent in the final month of the campaign

Explanation

Causal

Dr. Smythe’s conclusion that bonobos mate for life is therefore false.

Judgement on Opposing Point

She must have gotten to the office late because of the change to daylight saving time.

Explanation

Causal

This bacteria can be deadly, but only in very young children and in adults with certain pre-existing conditions.

Qualified

Although the sociologist attributes anxiety to societal pressures, that clearly cannot be the explanation in this case.

Judgement on Opposing Point

When deciding which college to attend, a student should consider a school’s culture as much as its academic factors.

Recommendation

So, a proper daily dose of vitamin D3 is as essential as calcium for maintaining strong bones.

Comparison

This makes it highly probably that Earth will experience a collision with a large asteroid within the next 100 million years.

Prediction

It was Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 that led to Wilson’s decision to enter the United States into WW1.

Causal

The standard American diett must be improved by replacing highly processed foods with whole grains and fresh or frozen vegetables as often as possible.

Mandate

Casual

Any truly complete jazz record collection must include a copy of Dave Brubeck’s album, Take Five.

Mandate

Conditional

I can only conclude that someone in her family must have talked Emily into such an unwise investment decision.

Explanation

In drafting the new motorcycle law, the goal of enhancing public safety is more important than the concern for preserving individual freedom.

Comparison

Janie will need to refresh her knowledge of trigonometry if she hopes to do well in her introductory celestial mechanics class.

Qualified

Conditional

Mandate