Argument in Experimental Research

Argument is the intellectual process in which one or more pre­mises are used to arrive at a conclusion, which is, in fact, the inference of the argument. A premise is a statement asserting or denying, but not questioning, something, the truth-value of which is taken for granted. When a conclusion can be reached with only one premise, the inference is said to be immediate, and the form of argument is known in logic as a categorical proposi­-tion. When two premises are involved, with the second premise serving as a medium, leading to the conclusion, the inference is said to be mediate; such an argument is known in logic as a cate­gorical syllogism. The two forms of arguments are separately dealt with below.

Source: Srinagesh K (2005), The Principles of Experimental Research, Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition.