Statistician: A financial magazine claimed

Answer choices

1. A

   Strengthens2% picked this

   The credibility of the magazine has been called into question on a

   The credibility of the magazine being questionable helps us to argue that we should be skeptical of this most recent survey they're publishing.

   2%
2. B

   Strengthens5% picked this

   The conclusions drawn in most magazine surveys have eventually

   If most magazine surveys' conclusions have been disproved, this casts doubt on the reliability of this survey's conclusion too, thereby strengthening skepticism.

   5%
3. C

   Strengthens17% picked this

   Other surveys suggest that North Americans are just as concerned about politics as they

   This answer contradicts the magazine’s claim by suggesting counter-evidence from other surveys, thereby supporting skepticism about the magazine's conclusion.

   17%
4. D

   Strengthens3% picked this

   There is reason to be skeptical about the results of surveys that are

   This choice directly supports the missing link between the evidence and the conclusion, because it highlights the general unreliability of biased and unrepresentative surveys, like the magazine's survey.

   3%
5. E

   Correct73% picked this

   Other surveys suggest that North Americans are concerned not only with politics and finances, but

   Why this is right

   This survey was just asking a head to head question, "are you more concerned with A or B?" That doesn't assume that A and B are the only two things the respondent is concerned with. This answer tells us, "people are also concerned about C!" Okay, so what? That doesn't have anything to do with judging whether the survey results of a poll about "A vs. B" should be trusted or not. Since this has no impact, it's the correct answer.

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

   73%