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A study has recently shown that happier employees are more productive. Employees at Davis Industries are more productive over the course of the business day than those at Saturnine Corporation. Therefore, we can conclude that Davis Industries' employees must be happier than those at Saturnine Corp.
The argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?
A. The evidence it uses is simply a paraphrase of its main conclusion.
B. It posits that an economic phenomenon is the effect of a psychological phenomenon.
C. It concludes that the consequence of one set of circumstances would not be produced by another.
D. It assumes that a phenomenon is the effect of an unrelated yet correlated phenomenon.
E. It claims that a conclusion is true without distinguishing this conclusion from the conditions that gave rise to it.
The argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?
A. The evidence it uses is simply a paraphrase of its main conclusion.
B. It posits that an economic phenomenon is the effect of a psychological phenomenon.
C. It concludes that the consequence of one set of circumstances would not be produced by another.
D. It assumes that a phenomenon is the effect of an unrelated yet correlated phenomenon.
E. It claims that a conclusion is true without distinguishing this conclusion from the conditions that gave rise to it.
Updated on: 03 Mar 2025, 06:23
Originally posted by ManifestDreamMBA on 28 Feb 2025, 02:10.
Last edited by ManifestDreamMBA on 03 Mar 2025, 06:23, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by ManifestDreamMBA on 03 Mar 2025, 06:23, edited 1 time in total.
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Premise: Happier employees are more productive, i.e. H -->P
Premise: More productive employees at Davis than those at Saturnine Corp
Conclusion: Davis Industries' employees must be happier than those at Saturnine Corp, i.e. P -->H
The author is assuming a sufficient condition H based on the premise, is necessary for P based on the conclusion
A. The evidence it uses is simply a paraphrase of its main conclusion.
Incorrect
B. It posits that an economic phenomenon is the effect of a psychological phenomenon.
Incorrect, irrelevant
C. It concludes that the consequence of one set of circumstances would not be produced by another.
Correct, the conclusion is assuming that P cannot be produced by any other circumstances, making H necessary
D. It assumes that a phenomenon is the effect of an unrelated yet correlated phenomenon.
We do not know if the effect is unrelated or correlated
E. It claims that a conclusion is true without distinguishing this conclusion from the conditions that gave rise to it.
Incorrect
Updated for correction
Premise: More productive employees at Davis than those at Saturnine Corp
Conclusion: Davis Industries' employees must be happier than those at Saturnine Corp, i.e. P -->H
The author is assuming a sufficient condition H based on the premise, is necessary for P based on the conclusion
A. The evidence it uses is simply a paraphrase of its main conclusion.
Incorrect
B. It posits that an economic phenomenon is the effect of a psychological phenomenon.
Incorrect, irrelevant
C. It concludes that the consequence of one set of circumstances would not be produced by another.
Correct, the conclusion is assuming that P cannot be produced by any other circumstances, making H necessary
D. It assumes that a phenomenon is the effect of an unrelated yet correlated phenomenon.
We do not know if the effect is unrelated or correlated
E. It claims that a conclusion is true without distinguishing this conclusion from the conditions that gave rise to it.
Incorrect
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Bunuel
01 Mar 2025, 12:22
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I don't see how this is C. It only talks about one set of circumstances/phenomena.
