Read the following excerpt from levitt and dubner’s freakonomics. the bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. weather, for instance, is a major factor. unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. worst are the holidays. the week of christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. is nearly as bad; the week of valentine’s day is also lousy, as is the week straddling april 15. there are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the fourth of july, labor day, and columbus day. the difference in the two sets of holidays? the low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. the high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones. the excerpt is an example of inductive reasoning because the authors work from a generalization to formulate specific examples. arrive at a generalization after starting with another generalization. formulate a generalization by studying specific examples. arrive at specific examples by studying other examples.

The answer is: formulate a generalization by studying specific examples.

In the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner’s "Freakonomics," the authors arrive at the generalization that stressful fall and winter holidays affect payment rates negatively. Through observing people's mood and paying attitudes during cold and warm weather, as well as in the course of different kinds of holidays, researchers could conclude about the highest and most cheating payment rates seasons.

The excerpt is an example of inductive reasoning because the authors

work from a generalization to formulate specific examples.

arrive at a generalization after starting with another generalization.

formulate a generalization by studying specific examples.

arrive at specific examples by studying other examples

Answer is C.

emerson essentially believes that traveling is overrated. he supports this perspective through an initial focus on "the idea" of places like italy, england, and egypt, and the fascination of "educated americans" with them. he argues that those places only took on the grand, majestic ideas that they represent because "they who made england, italy, or greece venerable in the imagination did so by sticking fast where they were, like an axis of the earth." yes, those places are grand, but only because they so clearly represent the places that they are. the art and culture of italy, england, and egypt is authentic, and therefore significant.

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b. the colonies must seek protection from other nations.