In a recent survey, people were given a list of civil conflicts throughout the world and asked to name those conflicts in which they thought international power might reasonably be used to effect a solution. It was found that individuals were consistently optimistic or pessimistic in their attitude toward the usefulness of international power, and that there was almost no difference in individual attitude according to whether or not the areas in question were under democratic governments. It is clear that the people surveyed do not consider a country's form of government relevant in deciding whether its internal conflicts should be solved by international power.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?

A) Democracies are no more likely than other states to favor international interference on their domestic affairs
B) Many of the conflicts described took part in countries that are rarely subject to in-depth news coverage, and most respondents did not know the for of government in those countries.
C) The survey respondents tended to be from a homogeneous social background and were therefore not representative of the nation as a whole.
D) There was considerable variation in the intensity of civil conflicts that were included on the survey list.
E) Most of the survey respondents had no more than an average knowledge of foreign affairs and could not be expected to make informed decisions on the feasibility of using international force in conflicts described

can someone explain why A is incorrect , I chose A as answer

I do got it correct but time elapsed is 2.30 Minutes.

Very contradictory answers. I opted B as the conclusion of the argument makes emphasis on country's form of government and the option B told us that the people are also not knowing the form of government there.

Premise - In a recent survey, people were given a list of civil conflicts throughout the world and asked to name those conflicts in which they thought international power might reasonably be used to effect a solution. It was found that individuals were consistently optimistic or pessimistic in their attitude toward the usefulness of international power, and that there was almost no difference in individual attitude according to whether or not the areas in question were under democratic governments

Conclusion - the people surveyed do not consider a country's form of government relevant in deciding whether its internal conflicts should be solved by international power.

Anything which weakens the conclusion is our answer

Clearly option B is our answer. The people did not take into account the form of governement in the survey not because they were not bothere but because they were not aware.If the people surveyed did not know the form of the governement in those countries, they would have not considered the form of governement in the survey. This weakens the consludion.

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