Identify the argument from analogy in the following scenario and use it to help
ID: 3461882 • Letter: I
Question
Identify the argument from analogy in the following scenario and use it to help you answer the question.
One night, you start feeling sick--you are nauseated, and you start vomiting. Your roommate comes back and is very concerned about you. After a few minutes spent searching on Google, your roommate declares, "I know what you have. You have an E. coli infection". You ask your roommate why she or he thinks that. Your roommate points to the Mayo Clinic website on E. coli infection, which lists the following symptoms:
1) diarrhea, which may range from mild and watery to severe and bloody
2) Abdominal cramping, pain or tenderness
3) Nausea and vomiting
"See? Clearly," your roommate says, "you have an E. coli infection."
"But," you say, "I am a vegetarian, so I can't have gotten E. coli from meat, and I haven't been around infected water or anyone with E. coli. Plus, many illnesses have nausea as a symptom."
"It doesn't matter," your roommate says, "you have one of the three main symptoms."
How strong is your roommate's diagnosis?
Weak: The number of primary analogs being compared is low, and the number of similarities is also low. The relevance of the similarities is high. Strong The number of primary analogs being compared is low, and the number of similarities is low. The relevance of the similarities is high. Weak: The number of primary analogs being compared is low, and the number of similarities is low. The relevance of the similarities is low. Weak: The number of primary analogs being compared is low, but the number of similarities is high. The relevance of the similarities is low.Explanation / Answer
The number of primary analogs is low - only 1 symptom of nausea and vomiting
The number of similarities is low - only 1out of 3 symptoms match.
The relevance of similarities is low