Evaluate this argument:


If my economist is an accurate forecaster, then she predicted the 2008 financial crisis.

She predicted the 2008 financial crisis.

So, my economist is an accurate forecaster.


a. The argument is a straw man.

b. The argument is sound: the logic is valid and the premises are true.

c. One or more premises are false, so the conclusion is false.

d. The argument is invalid: the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premises.