Though ice cream

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite1% picked this

   fails to produce statistical evidence supporting the dairy

   The evidence is statistical evidence about sales declines and surges.

   1%
2. B

   Correct85% picked this

   fails to consider alternative explanations of the decline in sales of

   Why this is right

   The fundamental idea of the Causal Flaw is that the author is over-confidently arriving at one possible causal explanation when other possibilities surely exist. This answer just acknowledges that.

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

   85%
3. C

   Bad Premise Match1% picked this

   relies solely on the testimony of individuals who are likely to

   Is the evidence "testimony of individuals"? Not at all, it's sales statistics. This answer just describes the Famous Sampling Flaw, as though it's watching a different movie than the one we just watched.

   1%
4. D

   Out of Scope1% picked this

   presumes, without providing justification, that ice cream is a better source of calcium than

   Out of Scope: "better source of calcium" The author is never evaluating whether switching from ice cream to cheddar is a good or bad thing, so she's not assuming anything about the superiority of ice cream to cheddar cheese or vice versa. She's only making a descriptive causal argument, no judgment.

   1%
5. E

   Too Strong12% picked this

   presumes, without providing justification, that people who eat cheddar cheese never

   The author certainly hasn't committed herself to the assumption that anyone who eats cheddar cheese never eats ice cream.

   12%