Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S2 · Q4 Biologist: A careful study of the behavior

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Biologist: A careful study of the behavior of six individual chameleons concluded that lizards such as chameleons bask in the sun not only for warmth but also to regulate their production of vitamin D. Critics of the study—although correct in observing that its sample size was very small—are wrong to doubt its results.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

4.

The reasoning in the biologist's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

  1. takes the behavior of chameleons

    Trap

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  2. fails to explain how chameleons

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  3. Correct

    focuses its attention on the

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    92% picked this

  4. fails to demonstrate that the

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. holds the study's author to

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