Some visitors to the park

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise/Conclusion Match4% picked this

   Some of the people who worked on the failed project will be fired. Everyone in this department played an important part in that project.

   We have a conditional: in this department ? played important part Our second premise should be saying but these people didn't play an important part. And then our conclusion would be, so these people aren't in this department. But the 2nd premise and the Conclusion don't match those at all.

   4%
2. B

   Bad Premise/Conclusion Match13% picked this

   Some of the people who signed the petition were among the mayor’s supporters. Yet the mayor denounced everyone who signed the petition. Hence the

   We have a conditional: signed petition ? mayor denounced you Our second premise should be saying but the mayor didn't denounce these people. And then our conclusion would be, so these people didn't sign the petition. But the 2nd premise and the Conclusion don't match those at all.

   13%
3. C

   Correct68% picked this

   Some of the people polled live outside the city limits. However, no one who can vote in city elections lives outside the city. Therefore

   Why this is right

   We have a conditional: can vote in city election ? ~live outside city Our second premise should be saying but these people do live outside the city. And then our conclusion would be, so these people don't vote in city election. And that's what we get from our other two ingredients!

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

   68%
4. D

   Bad Premise/Conclusion Match7% picked this

   All of the five original planners are responsible for this problem. Yet none of the original planners will admit responsibility for the problem. Thus

   We have two conditionals, which makes this a quick elimination: original planner ? responsible for problem original planner ? won't admit responsibility The conclusion is valid, but the structure is different. This was two conditional premises with an overlapping trigger. The original argument was one conditional premise and then a fact that showed the outcome of the conditional was not true.

   7%
5. E

   Bad Conclusion Match7% picked this

   Some members of the Liberal Party are in favor of the proposed ordinance. But all members of the city council are opposed to the

   We have a conditional: member city council ? opposed to prop ord. Our second premise should be saying but these people aren't opposed. And then our conclusion would be, so these people aren't members of city council. The 2nd Premise is good to go Some Libs are not opposed (they're in favor). The Conclusion should therefore be, So, some Libs are not members of city council. Instead, the conclusion here is, So, some members of city council are not Libs. That's structurally different and also flawed. It's still possible that all members of the city council are Liberals. They could just be Liberals who are opposed to this proposed ordinance.

   7%