A study of attitudes toward new cars showed that cars that were identi
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02 Jul 2022, 00:14
A study of attitudes toward new cars showed that cars that were identical in every respect except color received widely differing ratings for quality from potential buyers. Therefore, in future advertisements for cars of high quality, we can expect to see no variety in the color of car featured.
Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage above?
Premise : Cars identical in all respects except colour received different ratings.
Conclusion : Future advertisements --no variation in color likely.
Why will the car sellers not provide any variety in 'color' in future adverisements ?
Clearly, it highlights the concern of the car companies regarding responses of car buyers, wherein the buyers get biased by color of the car, rather than the features of the car..
Using POE based on negation technique,
(A) If a car in a preferred color is not available, a buyer is usually willing to accept the car in another color.
Invalidates the premise that responses of car buyers are dependent on only the 'color' parameter
(B) New cars differ significantly from each other with respect to quality.
Out of scope, since no linkage to conclusion highlighting that advertisers will showcase cars with no color variation
(C) There is a single color generally associated with the highest quality rating in the study.
If there is NOT a single color associated with highest quality rating, then the car selling companies (the advertisers) can easily showcase the high quality cars in all color variations..clearly INVALIDATES THE CONCLUSION..so the Correct answer..
(D) An advertisement for a particular car should display all of its significant advantages.
Irrelevant again, since no linkage to conclusion highlighting that advertisers will showcase cars with no color variation
(E) Potential buyers give more weight to color than to price in making a decision about a car.
Weightage variation between color vis-a-vis price is not the focus of the argument..hence, can't be an assumption for the given argument
(C) is the correct answer
Hope this helps..