According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?

Of course we should use the latest innovations in testing for high-school students. If the testing methods are new, they will definitely be better than older methods.

a. bandwagon

b. false syllogism

c. appeal to tradition

d. invalid analogy

e. appeal to novelty

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Maci Howe

17 January, 04:58

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?

Of course we should use the latest innovations in testing for high-school students. If the testing methods are new, they will definitely be better than older methods.

a. bandwagon

b. false syllogism

c. appeal to tradition

d. invalid analogy

e. appeal to novelty

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The answer is: e. appeal to novelty

Explanation:

Basically what the appeal to novelty fallacy is about, it's exactly and literally this statement as the argument is based on something being better than the other because it's newer. The other options cannot be possible as bandwagon is basically basing your argument on what the other people believe, if the majority believes it's correct, then according to this fallacy, it is correct; false syllogism is an incorrect proposition, which draws the wrong conclusion from two premises; appeal to tradition is that one which is believed to be correct judt because it's the traditional belief; invalid analogy or false analogy consists in assuming that just beacause two things are different in a certain way, then they are different in every aspect.