arpitkaushik96 wrote:
I eliminated (e) because according to me it goes against/refutes the facts given in the argument and this is not allowed in CR. Can anybody elaborate on this.
Thank you.
This is a common misconception I see while tutoring people in CR. The answer choices never really dispute the information given in the passage. If they seem too, you're probably not parsing the claims in the argument carefully enough. The answer choices won't be wrong simply by directly contradicting the argument. Choice E should have been worded more clearly, but it's saying that those 13-16 year olds who purchased so many games have now aged, and perhaps they will still be the avid video game purchasers. It doesn't contradict be argument because a few years ago they were in this age group purchasing all of the video games.
Here is an example of a problem where people often mistakenly think that an answer choice contradicts the stem:
Fast-food restaurants make up 45 percent of all restaurants in Cantaria. Customers at these restaurants tend to be young; in fact, studies have shown that the older people get, the less likely they are to eat in fast-food restaurants. Since the average age of the Canatrian population is gradually rising and will continue to do so, the number of fast-food restaurants is likely to decrease.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) Fast-food restaurants in Canatria are getting bigger, so each one can serve more customers.
(B) Some older people eat at fast-food restaurants more frequently than the average young person.
((some people take this to be a contradiction of the fact in the argument that younger people eat more fast food in general. It didn't say that. It was just an average. This is a wrong answer choice but it's not because it contradicts anything in the argument))(C) Many people who rarely eat in fast-food restaurants nevertheless eat regularly in restaurants.
(D) The overall population of Canatria is growing steadily.
(E) As the population of Canatria gets older, more people are eating at home.
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