Logical Reasoning

PT12 · S4 · Q7 DataCom, a company that filed many patents

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DataCom, a company that filed many patents last year, was financially more successful last year than were its competitors, none of which filed many patents.

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.

7.

The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

  1. presupposes what it sets out

    Trap

    14% picked this

  2. confuses a company’s financial success

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. fails to establish whether any

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Correct

    gives no reason to exclude

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    81% picked this

  5. applies a generalization to an

    Trap

    0% picked this

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