In a recent poll of

Answer choices

1. A

   Not a Flaw2% picked this

   fails to define adequately the term

   There's never been a correct answer (to my recollection) that's complained about the lack of a specific measurement/value, lack of definition, or lack of a specifically-named source. We're fine with the concept of "top management". That's not where the reasoning flaw lies between evidence and conclusion.

   2%
2. B

   Out of Scope: top priority19% picked this

   presumes, without giving justification, that one is not indifferent to something that one considers

   This is tempting, since the author is assuming that "one is not indifferent to something that one considers as high a priority as customer satisfaction". But since the argument never labels anything a top priority, this concept in the answer has no match in the argument.

   19%
3. C

   Out of Scope: judging priorities1% picked this

   presumes, without giving justification, that the CEOs' priorities tend to

   "Misplaced" is normative, whereas this argument is just descriptive. The author of this argument isn't assessing the validity / correctness of CEOs' priorities. It is only rebutting a claim that says "these people are indifferent to X", by saying, "they're not indifferent to X -- look, X is as high a priority as Y." It's an argument over what CEOs do or don't care about, not an argument over what CEOs should or shouldn't care about.

   1%
4. D

   Correct68% picked this

   presumes, without giving justification, that the CEOs' claims are reflected in

   Why this is right

   This speaks to the disconnect between "in a poll, CEOs said that employee welfare was as high a priority as customer satisfaction" and the conclusion, "thus CEOs behave in a way that isn't indifferent to their employees needs and aspirations". If we negate this answer, it's saying that "The CEO's claims are not reflected in actual practice". It would badly weaken this argument if CEOs claim that employee welfare is a high priority but don't reflect that claim in actual practice (i.e. they behave as though employee welfare is not a high priority).

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

   68%
5. E

   Wrong Flaw10% picked this

   makes a generalization based on an

   This refers to the famous Sampling Flaw, but there's no generalization in the conclusion. The evidence was about the CEOs of large corporations and the conclusion is about the top management of large corporations. The conclusion speak for a group that's broader than the 125 corporations polled, but we have no reason to think the 125 large corporations polled were an unrepresentative sample of large corporations.

   10%