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Updated on: 07 Apr 2022, 16:45
Originally posted by aletheia225 on 16 Mar 2022, 18:05.
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The argument leaps from greater convenience for a group of users to superiority in eyes of some users. Clearly, it assumes convenience is the only important factor. It gives no consideration to factors other than convenience, so convenience better be the sole criteria. (A) just restates the conclusion in elaborate form. This is a tricky question, but I am unsure why there's so much argument over (A) v (C) -- the answer is clearly (C).
17 Mar 2022, 09:23
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Consumer advocate: A recent study concluded that top-loading washing machines are superior overall to front-loaders. But front-loaders have the controls and access in front. This is more convenient for wheelchair users, some of whom find it highly inconvenient to remove laundry from top-loaders. So for some consumers front-loaders are superior.
Which one of the following is an assumption upon which the consumer advocate’s argument depends?
There are two factors that are deciding ones whether a machine is superior to other.
1. Top-loading or front-loading for loading and removing laundry.
2. Controls and accessibility from convenience point of view.
Then there's the sub-conclusion based on the study that gives one OVERALL superiority over other. So, the question is 'Does overall has only two factors?'.
How does for some a specific type is superior over other?
(A) For some consumers the convenience of frontloaders outweighs the advantages of toploaders in assessing which is superior.
(B) Washing machines of a given type should be compared only with washing machines of that type.
(C) Convenience is the only important factor in determining which type of washing machine is superior.
(D) Retrieving clothes from a top-loader is convenient for people who do not use wheelchairs.
(E) Retrieving clothes from front-loaders is inconvenient for people who are not wheelchair users. - WRONG.
B, D and E are all irrelevant.
C loses for using 'only'.
A gives a perspective that lets us reach the conclusion.
Answer A.
Which one of the following is an assumption upon which the consumer advocate’s argument depends?
There are two factors that are deciding ones whether a machine is superior to other.
1. Top-loading or front-loading for loading and removing laundry.
2. Controls and accessibility from convenience point of view.
Then there's the sub-conclusion based on the study that gives one OVERALL superiority over other. So, the question is 'Does overall has only two factors?'.
How does for some a specific type is superior over other?
(A) For some consumers the convenience of frontloaders outweighs the advantages of toploaders in assessing which is superior.
(B) Washing machines of a given type should be compared only with washing machines of that type.
(C) Convenience is the only important factor in determining which type of washing machine is superior.
(D) Retrieving clothes from a top-loader is convenient for people who do not use wheelchairs.
(E) Retrieving clothes from front-loaders is inconvenient for people who are not wheelchair users. - WRONG.
B, D and E are all irrelevant.
C loses for using 'only'.
A gives a perspective that lets us reach the conclusion.
Answer A.
17 Mar 2022, 14:07
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(C) does not 'lose' for using the word 'only'. The argument clearly presumes that convenience is the only factor, because it invokes only convenience in justifying the inference to some consumers preferring front-loading machines. If convenience is not the only relevant factor, the leap from convenience to superiority isn't justified, because the argument hasn't grappled with the other factors. As stated in the previous post, (A) is just an elaborate restatement of the conclusion.
And yes, I understand the credited response is (A), but that's demonstrably wrong. I don't care if it's an official question, either, which it is. Flawed question. It happens occasionally.
