What inference drawn from studying this poll seems most reasonable? How would you characterize global warming? A serious problem. 41. A crisis 25. Not a problem. 19. A minor problem 11. Don't know 3.
a. None of these choices.
b. All of the respondents believe global warming is human- caused
c. Thirty percent represent the best- informed group.
d. Sixty-six percent are liberal environmentalists.
Question 2
When we infer we imagine, reason, guess, surmise, speculate, estimate, predict, and conclude. One of these statements expresses both an inference and a prediction:
a. Perhaps the reason that Queen Elizabeth never married was because she
could never trust men. After all, her father, King Henry VIII, beheaded her
mother.
b. The fingerprints on the windowsill could belong to the thief who broke into the
house.
c. When interest rates rise, the prices of bonds fall. Interest rates are rising.
Therefore bond prices will fall.
d. He is waiving to me. He seems friendly.
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