In a study of patients

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope - Opposite Group4% picked this

   Several studies have shown that inhaling the scent of peppermint tends to have a relaxing effect on people who

   This is for people who do not have insomnia, while the argument is about those who do.

   4%
2. B

   Correct88% picked this

   The patients who inhaled the scent of bitter orange were, on average, suffering from milder cases of insomnia than were the patients

   Why this is right

   This provides the alternative cause in the form of a more severe case of insomnia to begin with for those who smelled peppermint before bed and who were more likely to have difficulty falling asleep.

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

   88%
3. C

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   Because the scents of peppermint and bitter orange are each very distinctive, it was not possible to prevent the patients from knowing that they

   Whether the patients were aware of which scents they were inhaling would not have an impact on their ability to fall asleep.

   4%
4. D

   Too Weak1% picked this

   Some of the patients who enrolled in the sleep clinic also had difficulty staying asleep

   Which patients were the ones who had a hard time staying asleep once they fell asleep? Were the equally distributed between those who smelled peppermint and those who smelled bitter orange? Without further information this doesn’t make the conclusion any more or any less likely to be true.

   1%
5. E

   Strengthens2% picked this

   Several studies have revealed that in many cases inhaling certain pleasant scents can dramatically affect the degree to which

   Even though this only applies to certain pleasant scents and it is not stated whether peppermint is one of those pleasant scents, this does tend to strengthen the position that peppermint could make insomnia worse.

   2%