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California State University Long Beach College of Business Administration/ Department of Information

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IS 100 Information Technology Literacy Spring 2021

Homework 1 on Chapter 3 and Critical Thinking Essays

Type the answers to the following Questions. Check your Course Outline for Due Date. Turn in assignment in class. Make sure you number each question.

1. Exercise 3.3 Problems 1-23 Determine if the argument is: select just one per problem

• Valid • Invalid • Weak • Strong

2. Exercise 3.4 Part II - Problems 1-10 Change or add a premise to make the Arguments Strong

3. Exercise 3.5 Problems 1-12 Determine if the argument is valid or invalid. Determine the argument pattern. Example of patterns: Affirming the Consequent, Denying the Antecedent, Disjunctive Syllogism, Affirming the Antecedent (modus Ponens), Denying the consequent (Modus Tollens) and Hypothetical Syllogism.

4. Exercise 3.9 1-10

5. Read Appendix E, this appendix demonstrates how to write effective argumentative essays. Use the material to create an outline for the Essay below.

6. Read Essay 16 on in the appendix Torture: Time for Congress to End the Debate

a. Identify the conclusion b. Identify the main premises c. Identify if this is an inductive or deductive argument. d. Create an Outline of the essay using the format illustrated in appendix E.

See simple example in the textbook, 6th edition.

Please turn in the assignment into Beachboard – Dropbox for Homework 1.