Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S1 · Q25 Police statistics have shown

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Police statistics have shown that automobile antitheft devices reduce the risk of car theft, but a statistical study of automobile theft by the automobile insurance industry claims that cars equipped with antitheft devices are, paradoxically, more likely to be stolen than cars that are not so equipped.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

25.

Which one of the following, if true, does the most to resolve the apparent paradox?

  1. Owners of stolen cars almost

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. Most cars that are stolen

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. The most common automobile antitheft

    Trap

    5% picked this

  4. Correct

    Automobile owners who have particularly

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    86% picked this

  5. Most automobile thefts are the

    Trap

    3% picked this

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