Logical Reasoning

PT3 · S2 · Q2 For a television program about astrology

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For a television program about astrology, investigators went into the street and found twenty volunteers born under the sign of Gemini who were willing to be interviewed on the program and to take a personality test.

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.

2.

Which one of the following, if true, indicates the most serious flaw in the method used by the investigators?

  1. The personality test was not

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. People born under astrological signs

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. The personal impressions the investigators

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. There is not likely to

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. Correct

    People who are not sociable

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    78% picked this

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