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- Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:33 pm
#86211
Hi Ashpine,
First, you need to keep the two different conditionals separate. They are not mistaken reversals of one another, but are have different conditional terms. Treating indicted and convicted as the same would be a mistake.
We have 50 percent that believe
indicted
resign
And 35 percent that believe
resign convicted.
Both conditionals address resignation. But one talks about convictions, while the other talks about indictments. They cannot be combined. We also can't directly compare them, because one tells us what is necessary for a resignation, while the other tells us what is sufficient to require resignation.
Our conclusion confuses a sufficient for a necessary condition. It talks about comparing the percentage of people who think someone should resign if indicted versus if convicted. But we don't know about the people who think that someone should resign if convicted. We know about the percentage who think if someone should resign, they must have been convicted. That's switching the sufficient condition (if convicted) for the required (must be convicted).
Hope that helps!
First, you need to keep the two different conditionals separate. They are not mistaken reversals of one another, but are have different conditional terms. Treating indicted and convicted as the same would be a mistake.
We have 50 percent that believe
indicted
resignAnd 35 percent that believe
resign
convicted.Both conditionals address resignation. But one talks about convictions, while the other talks about indictments. They cannot be combined. We also can't directly compare them, because one tells us what is necessary for a resignation, while the other tells us what is sufficient to require resignation.
Our conclusion confuses a sufficient for a necessary condition. It talks about comparing the percentage of people who think someone should resign if indicted versus if convicted. But we don't know about the people who think that someone should resign if convicted. We know about the percentage who think if someone should resign, they must have been convicted. That's switching the sufficient condition (if convicted) for the required (must be convicted).
Hope that helps!