Because our club recruited

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong / Bad Premise Match2% picked this

   presumes, without presenting relevant evidence, that an entity can be distinguished as the best only on

   This author presumes that an entity can be distinguished as the best on the means of how good this year's recruits were, not on the basis of competition. Since this answer also goes overboard by saying the author thinks you can only judge who's best on the basis of competition, it actually contradicts the argument.

   2%
2. B

   Features Weren't Irrelevant12% picked this

   predicts the success of an entity on the basis of features that are not relevant to the

   The author predicted success on the basis of the team having the best recruits, being the best team, and being the team most likely to win. Those are features that are relevant to the quality of that team.

   12%
3. C

   Too Strong: merely Bad Premise Match15% picked this

   predicts the outcome of a competition merely on the basis of a comparison between the

   Does the author predict the outcome of a competition? Sure. The author predicts their team will win the volleyball competition. Does the author do this merely on the basis of comparing the various teams? No. She also mentions comparison between the recruits. Even if it weren't for the "merely", it would be a little weird to complain to the author, "How dare you predict the outcome of a sports competition based on comparing the teams involved!"

   15%
4. D

   Reversal: Whole to Part15% picked this

   presumes, without providing warrant, that if an entity is the best among its competitors, then each individual part of that entity

   The author's mini-argument went from Part to Whole. He presumes that "if each recruited player on this team is the best, then the whole team will be the best". This answer accuses him of arguing, "Because we have the best team, we must have the best players".

   15%
5. E

   Correct55% picked this

   concludes that because an event is the most likely of a set of possible events, that event is more

   Why this is right

   Does the conclusion say that an event is more likely to occur than not? Yes, it says the volleyball team is almost certain to win the championship (which is an even stronger statement). More likely to occur than not means more than 50%. Is the evidence saying that this volleyball team winning the championship is the most likely of a set of possible events? Yes. We've been told that this team is the best team, and that the best team is the one that is most likely to win the championship. Since both parts of this answer match up with Premise and Conclusion, we can pick this answer.

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

   55%