Every brick house on River Street

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise Match23% picked this

   By that line of reasoning, we could conclude that most politicians have run for office, since all legislators are politicians and most

   Both premises (the All and the Most) are about "legislators". To mimic the original argument, you'd need one of those to be a subset of the other. f.e. "since all female legislators are politicians and most legislators have run for office".

   23%
2. B

   Bad Premise Match15% picked this

   By that line of reasoning, we could conclude that most public servants are legislators, since most legislators have run for office and most politicians

   We don't really have to read this one, since it has three Most ideas. One of our premises should be an All/No statement.

   15%
3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match4% picked this

   By that line of reasoning, we could conclude that not every public servant has run for office, since every legislator is a public servant,

   Our conclusion should be a Most claim. This one is a "Not all / Some" claim, so we could bail as soon as we see the conclusion. Were you to keep reading, you'd also see that we have an All premise and a Some premise (but that 2nd premise should be a Most claim).

   4%
4. D

   Correct55% picked this

   By that line of reasoning, we could conclude that most legislators have never run for office, since most public servants have never run for

   Why this is right

   This is crazy hard to see, but a good one to guess: All + Most → Most This and (A) are the only two answers that had an All Premise, a Most Premise, and a Most Conclusion. And the All and Most premises do switch from narrower to broader. ALL = legislators Most = public servants (a legislator is just one type of public servant. Police officers, mayors, governors, etc. are other types) Picture the original argument this way: Every [narrower type] has a front yard. Most [broader type] has two stories. Thus, most [narrower type] has two stories. This answer is saying something similar: Every [narrower type] is a public servant. Most [broader type] has not run for office. Thus, most [narrower type] hasn't run for office.

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

   55%
5. E

   Bad Premise Match3% picked this

   By that line of reasoning, we could conclude that most legislators are not public servants, since most public servants have not run for office

   Both Premises are "most" claims, so we don't need to read any further on this one.

   3%