Logical Reasoning

PT104 · S1 · Q2 Although 90 percent of the population

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Although 90 percent of the population believes itself to be well informed about health care, only 20 percent knows enough about DNA to understand a news story about DNA.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

2.

The argument's reasoning is questionable because the argument fails to demonstrate that

  1. Those people who can understand

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. More than 20 percent of

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. One’s being able to make

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. Correct

    An understanding of DNA is

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    88% picked this

  5. Since 90 percent of the

    Trap

    1% picked this

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