Sasha: Handwriting analysis should be banned in court as evidence of a person’s character: handwriting analysts called as witnesses habitually exaggerate the reliability of their analyses.
Gregory: You are right that the current use of handwriting analysis as evidence is problematic. But this problem exists only because there is no licensing board to set professional standards and thus deter irresponsible analyst from making exaggerated claims. When such a board is established, however, handwriting analysis by licensed practitioners will be a legitimate courtroom tool for character assessment.
Gregory does which one of the following in responding to Sasha’s argument?
At first glance, all the answers look wrong! but we need to find one let's do it.Sasha's argument is pretty clear: saying that handwriting analysis should be banned as courtroom evidence because
handwriting analysts exaggerate the reliability of the analysis.
In response Gregory accepts the claim to some extent but then cite the reason behind it. He says due to unavailability of licensing standards & professional boards, analysts make exaggerating claims. When such boards and standards will be available this would not be the case.
(A) He ignores evidence introduced as support for Sasha’s recommendation.
--Out of scope, No evidence cited by Sasha.(B)He defends a principle by restricting the class to which it is to be applied.
-- Correct answer. Though Gregory does not defend the argument, you should review this choice and realize that the restricted class refers to licensed professionals and the principle is that handwriting analysis is legitimate.(C) He abstracts a general principle from specific evidence.
--Out of scope, No evidence cited by Gregory.(D) He identifies a self-contradictory statement in Sasha’s argument.
--Sasha is not self-contradictory at all so not possible.(E) He shows that Sasha’s argument itself manifests the undesirable characteristic that it condemns.
--at the core it is same as D. Not possible.Correct answer is BHope it helps! Please give kudos if you liked the explanation.