Logical Reasoning

PT114 · S1 · Q3 An anthropologist hypothesized that a

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An anthropologist hypothesized that a certain medicinal powder contained a significant amount of the deadly toxin T. When the test she performed for the presence of toxin T was negative, the anthropologist did not report the results.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

3.

In the absence of the anthropologist's reply, which one of the following principles, if established, would most support the chemist's charge?

  1. Reporting results for an experiment

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. Scientists can commit fraud and

    Trap

    0% picked this

  3. Scientists can neglect to report

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. Scientists commit fraud whenever they

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. Correct

    Scientists who neglect to report

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    93% picked this

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