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Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned way, is simply tops for taste. And here is the proof: in a recent market survey, 7 out of every 10 shoppers who expressed a preference said that Northwoods was the only maple syrup for them, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Of the following, which one is the strongest reason why the advertisement is potentially misleading?

(A) The proportion of shoppers expressing no preference might have been very small.
(B) Other brands of maple syrup might also be made the old-fashioned way.
(C) No market survey covers more than a sizable minority of the total population of consumers.
(D) The preference for the Northwoods brand might be based on such a factor as an exceptionally low price.
(E) Shoppers who buy syrup might buy only maple syrup.

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Re: Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2018, 03:05
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(C) No market survey covers more than a sizable minority of the total population of consumers.


Why cannot the survey be misleading?? Option C says that the survey was done on a small scale.Since a large population was not involved in survey, we can doubt the plausibility of the survey.
So this can be an option to choose as an answer.


I know D is also correct. The price was the factor and not the taste. But I,somehow,am not able to eliminate C.

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In a recent market survey, 7 out of every 10 shoppers who expressed a preference said that Northwoods was the only maple syrup for them.
So Northwoods is the best in taste.

Weaken it:

(C) Surveys are always done on a sample - they cannot be done on the whole population. (C) just tells us this fact. That doesn't make us question the validity of the survey. Had we been told that the survey was biased in some way, that would have weakened our advertisement.

(D) We cannot deduce "best taste" just because people prefer it. The preference could be due to other factors such as cost.

Answer (D)
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Re: Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2021, 05:30
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Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned way, is simply tops for taste. And here is the proof: in a recent market survey, 7 out of every 10 shoppers who expressed a preference said that Northwoods was the only maple syrup for them, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Of the following, which one is the strongest reason why the advertisement is potentially misleading?

(A) The proportion of shoppers expressing no preference might have been very small.
(B) Other brands of maple syrup might also be made the old-fashioned way.
(C) No market survey covers more than a sizable minority of the total population of consumers.
(D) The preference for the Northwoods brand might be based on such a factor as an exceptionally low price.
(E) Shoppers who buy syrup might buy only maple syrup.

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(A) No. This strengthens the claim. Had the proportion of shoppers expressing no preference been very large, it would have weakened the claim.

(B) No. The shoppers still prefer Northwoods particular old-fashioned way.

(C) No. Usually, surveys only cover a small minority of the total population. For example, most political surveys poll less than 5,000 people, yet the potential electorate is over 100 million.

(D) Yes. The advertisement implies that shoppers choose Northwoods Maple Syrup because of the taste, but does not state that taste was why shoppers choose the syrup. There may be many other reasons for choosing Northwoods Maple Syrup. One possibility is a low price.

(E) No. The claim is expressly made about maple syrup, not about any other types of syrup.
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Re: Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2017, 00:52
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The preference for NorthWoods Male Syrup is based on taste according to the market survey.The preference is not based on the unusually low price.Low price could be an alternate reason for the preference of Northwoods Male Syrup .This is clearly expressed by Option D.This provides the strongest reason why the ad could be misleading or unconvincing.Please give me kudos. I need them badly to increase my score.
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Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2018, 05:24
broall wrote:
Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned way, is simply tops for taste. And here is the proof: in a recent market survey, 7 out of every 10 shoppers who expressed a preference said that Northwoods was the only maple syrup for them, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Of the following, which one is the strongest reason why the advertisement is potentially misleading?

(A) The proportion of shoppers expressing no preference might have been very small.
(B) Other brands of maple syrup might also be made the old-fashioned way.
(C) No market survey covers more than a sizable minority of the total population of consumers.
(D) The preference for the Northwoods brand might be based on such a factor as an exceptionally low price.
(E) Shoppers who buy syrup might buy only maple syrup.

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In my IMO it's D. Ad claims that Syrup tastes top and surveys only about preference which can be any thing price , appealing etc. Give Komodo if help. It will be my first one.
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Re: Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2018, 20:04
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(C) No market survey covers more than a sizable minority of the total population of consumers.


Why cannot the survey be misleading?? Option C says that the survey was done on a small scale.Since a large population was not involved in survey, we can doubt the plausibility of the survey.
So this can be an option to choose as an answer.


I know D is also correct. The price was the factor and not the taste. But I,somehow,am not able to eliminate C.

Please help !!
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