Dolores: According to a new study, eating soy protein, popularly known

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Dolores: According to a new study, eating soy protein, popularly known as tofu, significantly lowers people's cholesterol levels. In fact, researchers found that the higher a person's cholesterol level, the more that eating tofu will serve to reduce it.

Frida: That study was funded by a tofu manufacturer. Although the results seem promising, we must keep in mind how much the manufacturer stands to gain from them.

Which of the following best describes Frida's response to Dolores' argument above?

A) She challenges the representativeness of the study cited by Dolores.
B) She makes an unwarranted assumption about the methodology used in the study.
C) She makes an irrelevant appeal to authority.
D) She implies that eating tofu will not in fact result in any health benefits.
E) She attempts to discredit Dolores' evidence by pointing to the possible motives for advancing the study from which it is derived.

nayas96 · Answer

Can someone please explain, as mentioned in option (E), that frida discredits the Dolores evidence?

She mentions that the results are promising, which leads to say that the she does agree with the results.

Kindly please clarify  egmat

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Ghostrider3147 · Answer

Option C,D,and E can be easily ruled out.

I was stuck between A and E ,then I realized that Frida does not challenge the representatives of the study. Therefore option A is wrong.
Option E is correct

adi883 · Answer

Meaning of representativeness in English: the fact of a smaller group of people or things representing a larger group accurately, so that the smaller group is typical of the larger one
So nothing to do with either the tofu argument or the proponents of the argument. I really thought at the beginning that it means 'what the theory represents'. Clearly, that's not the case. Will keep this word in mind for future CR questions.

rmahe11 · Answer

How is it discrediting ? It's trying to challenge imo

Aim4gmat2024 · Answer

i will try to differentiate between the 'challenge' vs 'discredit'  (Not purely in terms of meaning, but in the context seen)

Challenge : Challenge a argument with a fact of her own (she states no fact or evidence to challenge the study)
Discredit : Try to weaken a argument with assumptions (she states supposed negative motives of the company)

Dolores: According to a new study, eating soy protein, popularly known

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