An independent computer service company tallied the service requests it receives for individual brands of personal computers.
Conclusion
ProBit is the more reliable computer brand.
Evidence
An indie computer repair company found that, relative to market share, KRV had the most requests and ProBit had the smallest.
Evaluate
The computer service company is thinking,
Since the author is interpreting a statistic, we can use our Curious Fact / Explanation template.
Curious Fact Why is it that a disproportionately small percent of computers serviced by this company are ProBit, whereas a disproportionately high percent of computers served are KRV?
Author's Story ProBit is more reliable than KRV. (ProBit's computers break down less, so their customers don't need to bring their computer into the shop as much as KRV customers do)
We always think about the same two pressure points: - Is there some OTHER WAY to explain the curious fact? - How plausible is the AUTHOR'S WAY?
Since we're doing Weaken, the correct answer is most likely to be an alternate explanation for the curious fact. Why else could it be that ProBit is brought in less frequently?
- maybe this indie computer company is in part of the country where ProBit users are disproportionately scarce? (i.e. maybe there are more customers that use Apple in the pacific northwest, but more customers that use Microsoft in the south, and this store is in the south).
- maybe KRV computer owners use their computers way more than ProBit computer owners do (you might drive a more reliable car than your neighbor, but if you drive your car five times as much as she drives hers, you might still end up taking your car in for service more)
- maybe ProBit is a real entry level computer, and so when your ProBit breaks down, you're more likely to just buy a new one than pay for expensive repairs.
Goal
Primarily look for an answer suggesting a DIFFERENT WAY to explain why ProBit gets brought in for service less. But stay receptive to an answer that makes it seem less plausible that ProBit is the more reliable (maybe KRV has won awards for "most reliable computer in its class").