Logical Reasoning

PT17 · S2 · Q13 Public health will improve

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Public health will improve more quickly in the wake of new medical discoveries if medical researchers abandon their practice of waiting until their findings are published in peer-reviewed journals before informing the press of important research results.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

13.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

  1. Correct

    Peer review often prevents the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    91% picked this

  2. People often alter their life-styles

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. Some improvements in public health

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Some newspapers would be willing

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. Most peer-reviewed scientific journals would

    Trap

    1% picked this

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