AND CORRECT ANSWERS
"All" Statements - CORRECT ANSWERS Statements that include the
word "all" or "every" indicate that the facts that apply to one group also apply to
another group. However, the statement does not allow you to infer that the facts
that apply to the second group also apply to the first group.
"All" statement example. - CORRECT ANSWERS All secret service
officers are US government employees.
Valid statement: Some Us Government employees are secret service officers
Invalid conclusion: All government employees are Secret Service Special
Agents.
All employees in the payroll department work part time.
Valid Inference: Some part-time employees work in the payroll department.
Invalid Inference: All part-time employees work in the payroll department.
All Statements - CORRECT ANSWERS -Not reciprocal
EX: "If everyone at the party has masks, it does not imply that everyone with
masks is at the party"
-'All' statements imply the contrapositive
No Statements - CORRECT ANSWERS Statements that include the
word "no" or "none" indicate that the facts that apply to one group do not apply
, to another group. "No" statements allow you to infer that there is no overlap
between the two groups.
"no" statement example - CORRECT ANSWERS None of the employees
in the payroll department play on the company softball team.
Valid Inference: None of the members of the company softball team work in the
payroll department.
Invalid Inference: Some of the members of the company softball team work in
the payroll department.
No US Senators are under 30 years of age
Valid conclusion: No one under the age of 30 is a US senator
Invalid Conclusion: Some people under the age of 30 are US Senators.
"No" statements - CORRECT ANSWERS implies 0%, can be switched,
"Some" Statements - CORRECT ANSWERS Statements that include the
word "some," "many," or "few" indicate that the facts presented only apply to a
portion of the groups/people in one group. "Some" statements do not allow you
to make inferences about the remaining people in the group.
Some statement example - CORRECT ANSWERS Some of the
employees in the payroll department also work from home.
Valid Inference: Some of the employees who work from home are in the payroll
department.