Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT107 S4 Q24 Explanation

Medical researcher: As expected,

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Stimulus

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. These records also indicate that mothers who had received adequate prenatal care were Adequate prenatal care, therefore, significantly decreases the risk of low birth weight babies.

What this question is testing

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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.

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The question
24.

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the medical

Answer choices

  1. Trap15% picked this

    The hospital records indicate that many babies that are born with normal birth weights are born to mothers

  2. Correct67% picked this

    Mothers giving birth prematurely are routinely classified by hospitals as having received inadequate prenatal care when the record of

    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.

  3. Trap7% picked this

    The hospital records indicate that low birth weight babies were routinely classified as having

  4. Trap9% picked this

    Some babies not born prematurely, whose mothers received adequate prenatal care, have

  5. Trap3% picked this

    Women who receive adequate prenatal care, are less likely to give birth prematurely than are women who do

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