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Laboratory mice that IHH → SC are used for research aimed at improving human health are usually kept in small cages.
Such an environment SC → ~N is neither normal nor healthy for mice.
Moreover, the reliability N → RR↓ of research using animals is diminished if those animals are not in an environment that is normal for them.
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the technician's statements?
The conditions under which laboratory
The statements do not include anything about the future.
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If laboratory mice were kept
This suggests that if ~SC → ~RR↓ the cages were not small, then the research would be reliable. But it also suggests that keeping the mice in cages would be appropriate. This includes a moral statement about which the information does not say anything.
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Research using laboratory mice that
Why this is right
The reliability of the IHH → RR↓ research aimed at improving human health is diminished by keeping mice in small cages.
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Those who conduct research aimed
This might solve the problem that the current technique provides results with reduced reliability, but there is no reason to believe that this is necessarily going to occur.
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Laboratory mice that are used
This negates the first statement. ~IHH → ~SC
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