Logical Reasoning

PT11 · S4 · Q17 Teacher: Journalists who conceal the identity

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Teacher: Journalists who conceal the identity of the sources they quote stake their professional reputations on what may be called the logic of anecdotes.

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.

17.

The student’s response contains which one of the following reasoning flaws?

  1. confusing a marginal journalistic practice

    Trap

    8% picked this

  2. Correct

    ignoring the possibility that the

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    51% picked this

  3. confusing the characteristics of reported

    Trap

    22% picked this

  4. judging the merits of the

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. falsely concluding that if three

    Trap

    9% picked this

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