Rita: No matter how you look at them

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct83% picked this

   the survey results are misleading regardless of how they

   Why this is right

   Yes, this looks like Rita's first claim, which was our prediction. Rita will agree with this, since she "no matter how you look at them (regardless of how they are interpreted), your survey results are misleading." Hiro will disagree with this. Even though the sample is underestimating the raw numbers, the relative rates can be interpreted in a non-misleading way (probably close to being accurate).

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

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2. B

   Both Agree0% picked this

   people tend to lie on certain kinds

   As we assessed, Hiro and Rita agree about this claim. Rita: people generally lie on such surveys Hiro: I have no doubt that people lie on surveys of this type

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3. C

   Out of Scope: different measure2% picked this

   a different type of measure than a survey would produce results that

   We can't support what either one of these people would say about different types of measures. The fact that Rita thinks that this method is misleading doesn't commit her to thinking that some other way therefore is not misleading. I might tell you that your plan to get to Saturn is not viable, while simultaneously believing "there is no viable plan to get to Saturn". And of course we have no idea what Hiro's comparative assessment would be when it comes to this survey vs. other measures.

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4. D

   Both Agree11% picked this

   the raw numbers collected are serious

   As we assessed, Hiro and Rita agree about this claim. Rita: the numbers you collected are serious underestimates. Hiro: the raw numbers surely underestimate

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5. E

   Out of Scope3% picked this

   the number of people surveyed was adequate for the

   Out of Scope: the survey's purpose Out of Scope: number surveyed We never talked about what the survey's purpose was. The two people are discussing whether the survey has any non-misleading takeaways, but even if there is a credible takeaway, that doesn't mean it's related to the original purpose of the survey. In science (even data-collecting science), often there are important discoveries that are gleaned from data that is totally tangential to the original purpose of the data gathering. Furthermore, Rita's concern was not that an insufficient number of people were surveyed. It was that people (whatever number of respondents) don't supply truthful answers.

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