| Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2026 |
| June 18 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 A certain town’s pizza shop initiated an advertising campaign to bring in new customers and increase sales in December. The advertising campaign consisted of sending emails that promoted a two-for-one deal on sheet pizzas. Even though the pizza shop sent out thousands of these email advertisements, sales remained about the same in December as they had been in previous months.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparent discrepancy between the volume of advertisements and the volume of sales?
(A) The emails did not list every type of pizza on the pizza shop’s menu.
(B) In December, a new coffee shop opened in the same neighborhood as the pizza shop.
(C) Not every resident in the pizza shop’s delivery area had an email address.
(D) The pizza shop had email addresses only for customers who were members of its rewards club, which offers members weekly specials.
(E) The other two pizza shops in town specialize in gourmet pizzas, which are more expensive on average than items on this pizza shop’s menu.
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CR 2 A team of pediatricians recently announced that dogs are more likely to bite children under age 13 than any other age group. Their finding was based on a study showing that the majority of all dog bites requiring medical attention involved children under 13. The study also found that the dogs most likely to bite are German shepherds, males, and non-neutered dogs.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the pediatricians' conclusion that dogs are more likely to bite children under age 13 than any other age group?
(A) More than half of dog bites not requiring medical attention, which exceed the number requiring such attention, involve people aged 13 and older.
(B) The majority of dog bites resulting in the death of the bitten person involve people aged 65 and older.
(C) Many serious dog bites affecting children under age 13 are inflicted by female dogs, neutered dogs, and dogs that are not German shepherds.
(D) Most dog bites of children under age 13 that require medical attention are far less serious than they initially appear.
(E) Most parents can learn to treat dog bites effectively if they avail themselves of a small amount of medical information.