There are three requirements an argument must contain in order to be good. For an argument to be good the premise are plausible. Premise is more plausible than the conclusion. The argument is valid or strong. An example of a good argument test would be:
Example: All players in the NFL went to college
Peyton Manning is in the NFL
Therefore Peyton Manning went to college
Analysis: The premise of the argument is true. The conclusion is also true. This is a valid argument because there is no possible way for both the conclusion and premise to be false. The premise is plausible because it is a requirement for all NFL players to complete three years of college before they enter the NFL. The second premise is also plausible .The conclusion cannot be false because in order for Peyton Manning to play in the NFL, he had to go to college. There for the argument is a good one.
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