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03 Apr 2025, 00:30
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Private ownership of services traditionally considered to be the responsibility of the government will typically improve those services. The turnpike system in the United States of the nineteenth century demonstrates the truth of this principle; the system, which had previously been controlled by the government, became a more reliable system when taken over by private organizations.
Which of the following describes a significant flaw in the argument?
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing gout another perceived wrong action.
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
Which of the following describes a significant flaw in the argument?
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing gout another perceived wrong action.
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
03 Apr 2025, 00:55
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- Claim: Private ownership of services traditionally handled by the government will typically improve those services.
- Evidence: In the 19th century, the U.S. turnpike system, once government-run, became more reliable under private ownership.
- Argument takes one historical example and uses it to support a broad generalization about private ownership improving services.
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
No authority figure is mentioned => Eliminate ❌
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
No opposing view is presented or distorted => Eliminate ❌
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing gout another perceived wrong action.
Irrelevant, the argument doesn’t compare wrong actions => Eliminate ❌
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
The argument takes one specific case (the turnpike system) and generalizes it to all services traditionally run by the government => Keep
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
No ambiguity or wordplay like that is involved => Eliminate ❌
Answer: (D)
- Evidence: In the 19th century, the U.S. turnpike system, once government-run, became more reliable under private ownership.
- Argument takes one historical example and uses it to support a broad generalization about private ownership improving services.
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
No authority figure is mentioned => Eliminate ❌
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
No opposing view is presented or distorted => Eliminate ❌
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing gout another perceived wrong action.
Irrelevant, the argument doesn’t compare wrong actions => Eliminate ❌
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
The argument takes one specific case (the turnpike system) and generalizes it to all services traditionally run by the government => Keep
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
No ambiguity or wordplay like that is involved => Eliminate ❌
Answer: (D)
03 Apr 2025, 22:40
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The author mentions that Private Organisations are great in handling government services, this can be corroborated from the turnpike’s system outcome. The system became more reliable after it was handled by private organisations.
FLAW is the assumption made that “my kid doesn’t like strawberry candies, so all kids don’t like strawberry candies “ . A specific outcome is generalised to fit the entire gamut of population.
Let’s look into the options.
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
No person of authority is mentioned in the question. Out of scope.
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
There is no attack or contradiction of views. Out of scope.
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing out another perceived wrong action.
Out of scope . The argument doesn't do this.
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
This is the right one. The author uses ONE example (the turnpike system) to make a HUGE generalization about ALL government services.
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
The author is not twisting words to her benefit. It is generalisation of an event. Out of scope.
Hence, Option D
