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25 Aug 2019, 09:57
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A recent survey quizzed journalism students about the sorts of stories they themselves wished to read. A significant majority said they wanted to see stories dealing with serious governmental and political issues and had little tolerance for the present popularity of stories covering lifestyle trends and celebrity gossip. This indicates that today’s trends in publishing are based on false assumptions about the interests of the public.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument’s reasoning?
(A) It takes what is more likely to be the effect of a phenomenon to be its cause.
(B) It regards the production of an effect as incontrovertible evidence of an intention to produce that effect.
(C) It relies on the opinions of a group unlikely to be representative of the group at issue in the conclusion.
(D) It employs language that unfairly represents those who are likely to reject the argument’s conclusion.
(E) It treats a hypothesis as fact even though it is admittedly unsupported.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument’s reasoning?
(A) It takes what is more likely to be the effect of a phenomenon to be its cause.
(B) It regards the production of an effect as incontrovertible evidence of an intention to produce that effect.
(C) It relies on the opinions of a group unlikely to be representative of the group at issue in the conclusion.
(D) It employs language that unfairly represents those who are likely to reject the argument’s conclusion.
(E) It treats a hypothesis as fact even though it is admittedly unsupported.
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IMO C
Firstly, it is a survey of a group people. The result of the survey cannot be generalized for the entire population.
Secondly, the group is a specific group and not a random group. The probability that the survey would a representation of the population is greater when the sample is random than when the sample is very specific.
Thirdly, students of journalism would be more inclined towards serious governmental and political issues.
Firstly, it is a survey of a group people. The result of the survey cannot be generalized for the entire population.
Secondly, the group is a specific group and not a random group. The probability that the survey would a representation of the population is greater when the sample is random than when the sample is very specific.
Thirdly, students of journalism would be more inclined towards serious governmental and political issues.
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Overview:
This question asks you to identify a flaw in the reasoning presented. That reasoning is based on a survey of journalism students: most of these students wanted to read stories about government and politics and disliked publishers' tendencies to print stories about lifestyle trends and celebrity gossip. The argument uses this evidence to conclude that current publishing trends are based on false assumptions about what the public wants to read.
The Correct Answer:
C The argument's conclusion is about what the general public finds interesting, but the evidence for that conclusion is only about what journalism students found interesting. Journalism students are a select group of people who are being trained in news reporting. When it comes to trends in news publishing, then, journalism students' opinions are unlikely to be representative of the general public's opinions. This is a serious flaw in the argument's reasoning.
The Incorrect Answer Choices:
A, B (A) and (B) both indicate that the argument engages in flawed causal reasoning. But the argument doesn't engage in causal reasoning or even make any explicit claims about cause and effect. Instead, the argument proceeds by presenting survey information that supposedly undermines certain assumptions held by news publishers. Thus, neither answer choice could describe a flaw in the argument's reasoning.
D (D) addresses the possibility that the argument unfairly depicts the people who are likely to oppose its conclusion. But the argument doesn't discuss any such people, so it is not vulnerable to this criticism.
E (E) says that the argument treats a hypothesis as fact while admitting that this hypothesis is unsupported. But the only part of the argument that could reasonably be considered a hypothesis is the argument's conclusion, and there is no admission that it is unsupported. So the flaw described in (E) doesn't apply to the argument.
Overview:
This question asks you to identify a flaw in the reasoning presented. That reasoning is based on a survey of journalism students: most of these students wanted to read stories about government and politics and disliked publishers' tendencies to print stories about lifestyle trends and celebrity gossip. The argument uses this evidence to conclude that current publishing trends are based on false assumptions about what the public wants to read.
The Correct Answer:
C The argument's conclusion is about what the general public finds interesting, but the evidence for that conclusion is only about what journalism students found interesting. Journalism students are a select group of people who are being trained in news reporting. When it comes to trends in news publishing, then, journalism students' opinions are unlikely to be representative of the general public's opinions. This is a serious flaw in the argument's reasoning.
The Incorrect Answer Choices:
A, B (A) and (B) both indicate that the argument engages in flawed causal reasoning. But the argument doesn't engage in causal reasoning or even make any explicit claims about cause and effect. Instead, the argument proceeds by presenting survey information that supposedly undermines certain assumptions held by news publishers. Thus, neither answer choice could describe a flaw in the argument's reasoning.
D (D) addresses the possibility that the argument unfairly depicts the people who are likely to oppose its conclusion. But the argument doesn't discuss any such people, so it is not vulnerable to this criticism.
E (E) says that the argument treats a hypothesis as fact while admitting that this hypothesis is unsupported. But the only part of the argument that could reasonably be considered a hypothesis is the argument's conclusion, and there is no admission that it is unsupported. So the flaw described in (E) doesn't apply to the argument.
