1.Six months ago, several of Molly\'s friends joined the Trimtime Fitness Center

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1.Six months ago, several of Molly's friends joined the Trimtime Fitness Center. Each of them participated in Trimtime's weight-reduction and fitness regimen. All reported substantial weight reduction, and all are visibly slimmer. Molly is convinced. She joins Trimtime and enrolls in the same program, hoping and expecting to see the same results. She is especially delighted to learn that Trimtime had adjusted its program to make it even more effective in a shorter period of time. Is this an analogical argument or a generalization?

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Bill: "If you don't believe in God, you're much more likely to commit suicide. You can tell that by looking at places like Sweden and Norway where there's a higher percentage of atheists than the norm and their per capita suicide rate is higher, too. "

What causal fallacy from among the following choices is Bill making ?

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1. C. Strong analogy as the relationship of the effectiveness of the program and the rational approach of joining it is shown which is a strong point and makes the argument strong. Hence it is a strong analogy

2. Ignoring an underlying cause s bill is considering that not believing in god is responsible for high suicide rates in norway and sweden without even considering that some other fCtor might be responsible for both the cases

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