Livestock owners = 5% of adults
Livestock owners (as indicated by poll to support recent bill) = 12% of adults
Conclusion: Livestock owners are more affected by recent bill.
Negating answer choices should hurt the above conclusion:
(A) Adults who own livestock were EQUALLY OR MORE likely to indicate support via the online poll than were adults who do not own livestock. =
Conclusion still stands.(B) The number of adults who indicated support for the bill via the online poll was EQUAL OR LESS than the number of adults who own livestock. =
Conclusion still stands.(C) NONE of the adults in Idaho who own livestock responded more than once to the online poll. =
Frequency of response is out of scope
(E) Adults who own livestock in Idaho are EQUALLY OR LESS likely to indicate support for proposed legislation than are adults who own livestock in a state with less livestock. =
Comparing with other states is out of scope(D) Adults who indicate support for legislation are EQUALLY OR LESS likely to be affected by that legislation than are adults who do not indicate support. =
IF this is true then conclusion does NOT stand. _________________
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