A consumer magazine surveyed people

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Weak6% picked this

   Of the respondents who had received treatment for longer than 6 months, 10 percent said that

   Without a comparison against the percentage of respondents who had received treatment for 6 months or less, this has no impact on the argument.

   6%
2. B

   Too Weak28% picked this

   Patients who had received treatment for longer than 6 months were more likely to respond to the survey than were those who had

   The difference in response rates between the two different groups is not strong enough to suggest the survey results are not representative.

   28%
3. C

   Correct62% picked this

   Patients who feel they are doing well in treatment tend to remain in treatment, while those who are doing

   Why this is right

   This weakens the argument by creating a difference between the two groups of survey respondents that could explain the difference in survey responses.

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

   62%
4. D

   Too Weak2% picked this

   Patients who were dissatisfied with their treatment were more likely to feel a need to express their feelings about it and

   This applies to both groups and so cannot explain the difference in the survey respondents claims.

   2%
5. E

   Too Weak2% picked this

   Many psychologists encourage their patients to receive treatment for longer than

   That psychologists encourage their patients to receive treatment for longer than 6 months may suggest that the patients surveyed who received treatment longer than 6 months was larger than the group that received treatment for less than 6 months, but it does not explain the different responses of the groups of survey respondents.

   2%