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26 Dec 2011, 08:09
why A it should be B B introduces women as a user of the tool and puts doubt in the argument provided and also supports advertiser
A is also adding a new user group and claims to be a target audience, but B really makes a clear marker that women can also a target segment
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01 Jan 2012, 12:20
Jdam wrote: Tough one. A, B, and D all looked good to me. I'm in a similar position regarding this. I remember from my time studying for the LSAT that one of the points to weakening reasoning is to focus on weakening the conclusion, not the premises. The argument concludes there is a mistake. The facts are that it is 1) on a women targeted show 2) majority of frequent users are men The question we need to ask is "why is there not a mistake?" A) If the purchasers of products are not the end users, it allows us to break the apparent logical discrepancy in play. There is not a mistake if this is true because it means that the end users do not have to watch the TV show. This choice doesn't mean that it is impossible there is a mistake, but it certainly provides us with an alternative situation in which a purchaser may have different behaviors than the end user group, thus explaining the targeting variance. B) Many women occasionally use the tools. Here we are generous to the network in assuming that they will target their ads to the primary source of the sale and that an occasional user does not qualify in that group. If we look at the group of occasional users, it appears they are out of the scope. Choices that are out of scope do not tend to weaken. Furthermore, this choice really focuses on the premises by questioning the demographics - it tries to make us wonder whether women in fact predominant or significant users of tools. However, we know what we need from the premises: the majority of frequent users (implied marketing targets) are men. D) This weakens, although it is very limited in its ability to weaken. It would be stronger if the question placed more absolutes, "only women" "only frequent users" "no men" etc. We know from it that some men who frequently use the tools occasionally watch the cooking shows. Does this necessarily mean that the network made a mistake? No - they could have targeted the very small subset of the population, but if we give them benefit by assuming that they target their ads to the primary source of the sale, then it would appear a mistake remains.
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Nsentra wrote: If the ad agency that created the television ad for Tough-As-Nails Tools had thoroughly researched customer demographics, then they would have realized that the majority of frequent tool users are men. Yet the ad was shown during a cooking program targeted to women. However, if the advertisers had not researched customer demographics, then the ad would not have incorporated images depicting the use of tools in home improvement projects as an activity that men enjoy. Yet the ad did so. Therefore the ad agency made some sort of mistake: either the agency did not understand the demographics of the cooking program's audience or the ad was intended to be shown during a different program.
Which one of the following statements, if true, would most weaken the argument above? (A) The purchasers of products given as gifts are not the ultimate users of those products.
Strong argument... especially if aired around father's day.
(B) Many women, including those who watch cooking programs, occasionally use tools for home improvement projects.
Unlikely since women never use tools.... just kidding. This supports the argument not weakens it because of the men doing the work on the commercial. Secondly, it is arguably a waste of money to go after occasional users.
(C) The ad agency had never previously aired an ad during a program other than the one intended.
Unless said agency is infallible this doesn't weaken the argument.
(D) Some men, including some who use tools frequently, occasionally watch cooking programs.
This is similar to B. It is a waste of money to advertise to a slim part of the audience and actually strengthens the argument, not weakens it.
(E) The ad agency has a reputation for conducting high quality demographic research. This is a repeat of answer C with a different twist. Infallibility is not a reasonable assumption when data contradicts that assumption.The answer is unequivocally A.
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Re: If the ad agency that created the television ad for [#permalink]
19 Dec 2012, 15:57
IMO B
Yet I think I understand why it is wrong?
The argument states that the company had already made the analysis and then they found out men are the ultimate USERS (NOT THE BUYERS IT KICKS OUT D) of these tools. So we have to weaken the argument by prove that the company advertised their product on cooking program, deliberately. Besides, answer B has the same flawed approach the company adversited its products to increase its sales. Many women using these tools does not mean they buy them too.
A is the only option left , although it is not so clear for a non-native test taker like me.
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Re: If the ad agency that created the television ad for [#permalink]
19 Dec 2012, 17:37
Answer is absolutely correct it must be A............ Why I say the reasoning error presented is called Strawman Error as discussed in Method of reasoning chapter of Powerscore CR .......It is like drawing a conclusion without completely listening to the author..........The main motive of such speaker is to weaken the thought presented by the author. It can also be categorized as Error in evidance or Cause and effect error.....easiest way is to consider Cause and effect error ..........Clearly the ad company might be aiming at "Different group of people". I read some of teh members say that answer is B , If they say it is B , than why not D ----------------------------------------- Consider Kudos, If my post helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: If the ad agency that created the television ad for [#permalink]
20 Dec 2012, 20:13
I think we all understand that A and D are the only contenders in comparision to other choices because - B) word occasionally speaks for itself - thus fails to suggest strongly that women are the main targetted audience.This could have weakened the arguement. c) Does not matter whether AD Agency aired in other programs earlier or not. e) The AD Agency has reputation for conducting high quality demographic research.- so this may hint towards actual target segment comprised of women which is against the fact in the para.
I wont bank on D as The target audience cannot be limited to such a small segment saying 'Some men including some who use...'.
So, ultimately even by choice of elimination you are left with A which strongly weakens the entire arguement of non-catering to worthy audience for the product by saying - The purchasers of products given as gifts are not the ultimate users of those products - so women audience would gift to men (their husband or servant or housekeeper..whomever to use these tools for home improvement.. Thus, A looks most justifying here.
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Re: If the ad agency that created the television ad for [#permalink]
21 Dec 2012, 10:09
I guess this question has already been discussed at length, but I just wanted to point out why you can eliminate B instantly. The question already says "the majority of frequent tool users are men", so in other words, a minority of tool users are women. So the stem already tells us that women occasionally use tools. Answer B just restates a premise of the argument, and you can't weaken an argument by restating one of its premises! I don't like answer A much, because as one person mentioned above, what it says is self-evidently true; people who give tools as gifts obviously aren't generally going to be using those tools. But A is the only answer that gets at the right idea, at least: the people who buy products are not always the people who use those products, so the advertising company might have known what it was doing after all. A should really read something more like "tools are often given as gifts", in which case it would have been fine.
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