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A recent survey showed that 50 percent of people polled [#permalink]
 03 May 2006, 14:07
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A recent survey showed that 50 percent of people polled believe that elected officials should resign if indicted for a crime, whereas 35 percent believe that elected officials should resign only if they are convicted of a crime. Therefore, more people believe that elected officials should resign if indicted than believe that they should resign if convicted.
The reasoning above is flawed because it
(A) draws a conclusion about the population in general based only on a sample of that population
(B) confuses a sufficient condition with a required condition
(C) is based on an ambiguity of one of its terms
(D) draws a conclusion about a specific belief based on responses to
queries about two different specific beliefs
(E) contains premises that cannot all be true
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Clear A!
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I was also inclined to A... though OA is B...Don't know why?
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My guess was B...
For a conviction of a crime it is necessary for a person to be indicted for the crime. So of the 50% who believe an indictment is reason enough to resign 35% believe the person needs to be convicted in order to resign.
so 50-35=15% only believe an indictment is the only pre requisite for resignation.
Here the premise is in order for a person to be convicted an indictment is a required condition which is 35% of the people sampled and only 15% believe only an indictment is necessary which is the sufficient condition.
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Darrenbatty,thanks for the wonderful expanation!!
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darrenbatty wrote: My guess was B...
For a conviction of a crime it is necessary for a person to be indicted for the crime. So of the 50% who believe an indictment is reason enough to resign 35% believe the person needs to be convicted in order to resign.
so 50-35=15% only believe an indictment is the only pre requisite for resignation.
Here the premise is in order for a person to be convicted an indictment is a required condition which is 35% of the people sampled and only 15% believe only an indictment is necessary which is the sufficient condition.
Wow.  Awesome explaination man...
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thanks for explaination.
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