Logical Reasoning

PT123 · S3 · Q8 Advertisement: Fabric-Soft leaves clothes

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Advertisement: Fabric-Soft leaves clothes soft and fluffy, and its fresh scent is a delight.

Evidence

Fabric-Soft leaves clothes soft and fluffy, and its fresh scent is a delight.

We conducted a test using over 100 consumers to prove Fabric-Soft is best.

Each consumer was given one towel washed with Fabric-Soft and one towel washed without it.

Ninety-nine percent of the consumers preferred the Fabric-Soft towel.

Conclusion

So Fabric-Soft is the most effective fabric softener available.

Evaluate

The argument compares Fabric-Soft to no fabric softener at all. But to say that Fabric-Soft is the most effective fabric softener, then it must be compared against other fabric softeners.

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The advertisement's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it fails to consider whether

  1. any of the consumers tested

    Out of Scope

    Whether or not consumers are allergic to fabric softeners is not relevant to the effectiveness of fabric softeners. Furthermore, ninety-nine percent of consumers preferred the Fabric-Soft towel.

    1% picked this

  2. Fabric-Soft is more or less

    Out of Scope

    Harmfulness to the environment is not relevant to the argument about the most effective fabric softener available.

    1% picked this

  3. Fabric-Soft is much cheaper or

    Out of Scope

    Price is not relevant to the argument about the most effective fabric softener available.

    3% picked this

  4. the consumers tested find the

    Half Scope

    Whether fabric softener is worth the expense is not relevant to the argument about the most effective fabric softener available.

    3% picked this

  5. Correct

    the consumers tested had the

    Why this is right

    This points out that the argument did not test Fabric-Soft against other fabric softeners.

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

    92% picked this

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