Researcher: This fall I returned

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Weak3% picked this

   Of the armadillos living in the area of the tagging site last spring, few were able to avoid

   This means that most of the armadillos living in the area were tagged. But this has no information about whether they travel great distances.

   3%
2. B

   Weaken1% picked this

   Most of the armadillos tagged the previous spring were not recaptured during

   This makes it more likely that armadillos travel into new territories.

   1%
3. C

   Too Strong2% picked this

   Predators did not kill any of the armadillos that had been tagged

   Some of the armadillos could have been killed by predators and the argument would not be undermined.

   2%
4. D

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   The tags identifying the armadillos cannot be removed by the armadillos, either by

   Even if the tags could be removed, it does not speak to whether the recaptured armadillos are representative of armadillos more generally.

   4%
5. E

   Correct90% picked this

   A large majority of the recaptured armadillos did not move to a new territory in the intervening summer and then move back to

   Why this is right

   This rules out the possibility that the armadillos travel great distances during other parts of the year.

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

   90%