Public health experts

Answer choices

1. A

   No Impact2% picked this

   The campaign to get people to eat more vegetables has had little impact on the diets of most people who

   This mentions a campaign's minimal impact among those who already love vegetables, which is irrelevant, as the focus is on those who don’t find vegetables appetizing.

   2%
2. B

   Opposite (if anything)0% picked this

   Some ways of making vegetables more appetizing diminish vegetables' ability to

   This suggests making vegetables appetizing might reduce their nutritional value, presenting a potential backfire and weakening the argument for the plan's effectiveness at making people healthier.

   0%
3. C

   Unclear Impact1% picked this

   People who find a few vegetables appetizing typically do not eat substantially more vegetables than do people who dislike

   This compares eating habits based on a few appetizing vegetables vs. disliking most, offering unclear relevance to whether new methods will increase vegetable consumption for those who find them unappealing. It's also weird that you could easily be someone who both dislikes most vegetables but finds a few of them appetizing, so these groups are highly overlapping.

   1%
4. D

   Correct90% picked this

   People who dislike the taste of most vegetables would eat many more vegetables if they knew how to

   Why this is right

   This specifically states that people who dislike veggies would eat more if they knew how to make them appetizing, directly supporting the plan’s effectiveness and showing that it targets the Root Issue, therefore strengthening the argument.

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

   90%
5. E

   Weaker Impact7% picked this

   The only way to make the campaign to get people to eat more vegetables more effective would be to ensure that anyone who at

   We could reword this as, "If we can't ensure that every single person who presently dislikes the taste of certain veggies will learn to find those veggies appetizing, then the campaign will not be effective". Saying "the only way to do X is to do Y" is akin to saying "if you don't do Y, then X won't happen". This answer might seem tempting because it kind of sounds like "the only way to achieve the Goal is to do this Plan", but that doesn't actually mean the Plan will work. If we say, "the only way to win this game is to score a 90 yard touchdown on this last play", that doesn't mean it's at all likely that we'll score a 90 yd TD on the last play. Meanwhile (D) is saying, "If we do the Plan, we will achieve the Goal".

   7%