Critical Analysis Forms: Argument Analysis
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Appendix E
Critical Analysis Forms
Fill out one form for each of the two articles provided for your topic. You will fill out one for the “pro” article and another for the “con” article. Please make sure to follow the instructions in the syllabus carefully!
If you do not want to use this form for the Final, I will also accept answers in numbered paragraph form. Let me know if you have questions!
Source 1 Animal Experimentation Is Always Justified by Jennifer A.Hurley | Opposing Viewpoints Digests: Animal Rights. Ed. Jennifer A.Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. |
1 | Identify the principal issue presented by the source. | The principle issue in the article discuss that animal experimentation has improve the life of human beings. Also they review how animal experimentation has assisted scientist explore new drugs and …show more content…
| The premises Reliable or Risky? Paragraph. The conclusion is unstated in the article but the information gives a clear idea what the author is trying to conclude with the premises.Premise: 1. Animal experimentation results has delayed and hampered in the advances of cancer. 2. They have never produced a single substantial advance either in the prevention or treatment of human cancerConclusion:Therefore, animal experimentation is unreliable and has nothing to do with saving human lives. | 9 | Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how you determined this. | Strong argument because it supports the conclusion. The reason it’s not valid because the premise doesn’t prove the conclusion is true. There is proof that animal experimentation has saved human lives and has helped find cures and treatments for diseases and illnesses. Because the argument is not valid the argument it cannot be a sound argument. The reason is because the premises are not 100% fact. This argument uses inductive logic.
Appendix E
Critical Analysis Forms
Fill out one form for each of the two articles provided for your topic. You will fill out one for the “pro” article and another for the “con” article. Please make sure to follow the instructions in the syllabus carefully!
If you do not want to use this form for the Final, I will also accept answers in numbered paragraph form. Let me know if you have questions!
Source 1 Animal Experimentation Is Always Justified by Jennifer A.Hurley | Opposing Viewpoints Digests: Animal Rights. Ed. Jennifer A.Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. |
1 | Identify the principal issue presented by the source. | The principle issue in the article discuss that animal experimentation has improve the life of human beings. Also they review how animal experimentation has assisted scientist explore new drugs and …show more content…
| The premises Reliable or Risky? Paragraph. The conclusion is unstated in the article but the information gives a clear idea what the author is trying to conclude with the premises.Premise: 1. Animal experimentation results has delayed and hampered in the advances of cancer. 2. They have never produced a single substantial advance either in the prevention or treatment of human cancerConclusion:Therefore, animal experimentation is unreliable and has nothing to do with saving human lives. | 9 | Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how you determined this. | Strong argument because it supports the conclusion. The reason it’s not valid because the premise doesn’t prove the conclusion is true. There is proof that animal experimentation has saved human lives and has helped find cures and treatments for diseases and illnesses. Because the argument is not valid the argument it cannot be a sound argument. The reason is because the premises are not 100% fact. This argument uses inductive logic.