texas wrote:
My confusion with this one was with D. If people who do not use proper hygiene don’t do weekly checks, how do we know they would continue to not do so after reading the brochure? This was my confusion.
I actually chose A because a central tenant of the plan is a single, uniform solution outlined in the pamphlet to solve fungal infection for everyone in rural Mongolia. So if people react to the treatment differently, isn't it possible that the treatment will not help everyone? I think the problem with this thinking was that whilst not everyone might react positively, at least some would meaning that on the whole at least some fungal infection would be cured, strengthening the argument on aggregate. Just want to know if my reasoning here is correct.
You have laid out great reasons for choosing A as the answer, but you went too far and made too many assumptions in your reasoning.
Based on the question stem we are looking for "
the best criticism of the pamphlet as a method of achieving the public health department's GOAL." Based on the passage the goal of the public health department is "to combat the problem of
UNTREATED fungal foot infections," not to
HELP EVERYONE and eliminate the infection with treatment.
Sure, we can make the leap that the ultimate goal of the public health department is to help everyone to avoid and to eliminate fungal foot infections all together, but that is not the stated goal in the passage. Make no assumptions about motive and ultimate goals, only use what is stated.
A. Once fungal infections of the foot have been detected, the effectiveness of treatment varies from person to person.- The "effectiveness of the treatment" is
not within the scope of the stated goals of the public health department, only
TREATMENT is within scope.
D. People who do not use proper hygiene to care for their feet are unlikely to perform weekly checks of their feet for fungal infections.- The Best Criticism – The weakness that this criticism exploits is the assumption that people who already have poor foot hygiene will take the time to check for fungal foot infections. The reason they may have a fungal foot infection is because they have poor foot hygiene. Therefore, no detection = no treatment = public health department's
GOAL IS NOT ACHIEVED.
Hit me with a Kudos if this helped you.