Logical Reasoning

PT13 · S2 · Q20 Pretzels can cause cavities. Interestingly

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Pretzels can cause cavities.

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.

20.

The reasoning in the argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

  1. Correct

    treats a correlation that holds

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    76% picked this

  2. relies on the ambiguous use

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. makes a general claim based

    Trap

    14% picked this

  4. mistakes the cause of a

    Trap

    5% picked this

  5. is based on premises that

    Trap

    1% picked this

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