Logical Reasoning

PT107 · S4 · Q24 Medical researcher: As expected

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Medical researcher: As expected, records covering the last four years of ten major hospitals indicate that babies born prematurely were more likely to have low birth weights and to suffer from health problems than were babies not born prematurely.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

24.

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the medical researcher's argument?

  1. The hospital records indicate that

    Trap

    15% picked this

  2. Correct

    Mothers giving birth prematurely are

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    66% picked this

  3. The hospital records indicate that

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Some babies not born prematurely,

    Trap

    9% picked this

  5. Women who receive adequate prenatal

    Trap

    3% picked this

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