Logical Reasoning

PT105 · S2 · Q15 A report of a government survey

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A report of a government survey concluded that Center City was among the ten cities in the nation with the highest dropout rate from its schools.

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.

15.

The school official can most properly criticize the reasoning by which the survey report reached its result for failure to do which one of the following?

  1. take into account instances of

    Trap

    9% picked this

  2. ask residents whether they had

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Correct

    distinguish between residents who had

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    85% picked this

  4. predict the effect of the

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. consider whether a diploma from

    Trap

    1% picked this

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