synecdoche wrote:
According to a recent study, a diet that is free of meat and dairy products greatly reduces the risk of suffering a heart attack
The highlighted part of the stimulus is the main conclusion which we have to weaken.
Food - ( Meat + Dairy Products ) = Reduced risk of Heart Attack.
synecdoche wrote:
The study cites the fact that only 10 percent of those who consume such a diet suffer a heart attack at some point in their lives.
The blue highlighted part refers to those who consumes diety free of meat and dairy products.
Let there be 100 people who consumes diety free of meat and dairy products.
Out of those 100 people 10 suffer from a heat atatck and 90 doesn't suffer from a heart attack.
Since Only 10% suffer from a heat atatck we are led to believe that consuming diety free of meat and dairy products will not lead to heart attack.
Now lets's explore all the options.
A) Diets free of meat and dairy are
low in calcium, which can
lead to bone density decreasesOut of scope and irrelevant
B) Those who consume [color=#ff0000]only dairy but not meat are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as those who consume neither meat nor dairyComparing risk of heart attack without any data , hence is not a good option.
C)
Some people who consume neither dairy nor meat suffer two or more heart attacks over the course of a lifetime
Reduces the arguement to subsets of those who consume neither dairy nor meat products , without weakening the conclusion.
D)
Meat and dairy products are high in low-density cholesterol, which is known to harden arteries and cause other heart problemsStrengthens the conclusion instead of wekening it.
E) Of those who consume dairy and meat,
7 % regularly suffer heart attacks over the course of their lifetime"
This reduces the arguement to the risk of heart attacks as -
Consuming dairy and meat products ( 7% ) < Consuming food free of dairy and meat products (10%)
This refers to the conlcusion that people consuming food free of dairy and meat product has a greater chance of heart attack than those who consumes dairy and meat products , which clearly weakens the arguement.
Hence answer is (E)akadmin wrote:
Nice one, can anyone tell me what pattern type does it fall under. When I mean pattern type I mean is it cause and effect or sample size question or what?
I am going to classify it as a sample size ( Survey based ) Question!! _________________