Determine whether the following statement is an example of Method of Difference
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Determine whether the following statement is an example of Method of Difference Reasoning or Method of Agreement Reasoning (and briefly explain your answer). Fund-raising director for a public radio station: "I know that our music director hates it when we play classical music. But go back and look at our most successful fund drives; every big day has been a day heavily loaded with classical music.
Determine whether the following statement is an example of Method of Difference Reasoning or Method of Agreement Reasoning (and briefly explain your answer). “I had a lot of noise on my car stereo when the engine was running, until I thought maybe that the way to fix the problem is to install a 4MH choke coil in the hot wire from the battery to the stereo. I did it, and it cured the problem.”
Explanation / Answer
1) Fund raising director for a public radio station: "I know that our music director hates when we play classical music. But go back and look at our most successful fund drives; every big day has been a day heavily loaded with classical music.
Answer: This is a method of difference reasoning.
Explanation: All other things being the same amongst the fund raising events except for the presence of classical music where the event had been a big day indicates the presence of loads of Calssical music making it a big event. So we can associate the (cause or effect ) presence of classical music to be necessary part of the event to make it a big success (phenomenon under study)
2) "I had a lot of noise on my car stereo when the engine was running, unitl i thought maybe that the way to fix the problem is to install a 4MH choke coil in the hot wire from the battery to the stereo. I did it, and it cured the problem"
Answer: Method of agreement
Explanation:The noise ( effect) got subsided when the damaged part got replaced. Similar effects are more likely to occur from similar cause
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