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The corporate savings rate in Silvaria has been on the decline since 2009. Past data suggest that when the corporate savings rate declines, so does the unemployment rate. Clearly, reducing the corporate savings rate is one way to address the current unemployment crisis in Silvaria. This argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?
A. It repeats the same claim without providing any support.
B. It unreasonably assumes that, simply because two events often occur together, one causes the other.
C. It mistakes a small incident for a larger trend.
D. It relies on diversionary tactics that distract from the key issues.
E. It assumes a claim is true solely because it has not been proven false.
A. It repeats the same claim without providing any support.
B. It unreasonably assumes that, simply because two events often occur together, one causes the other.
C. It mistakes a small incident for a larger trend.
D. It relies on diversionary tactics that distract from the key issues.
E. It assumes a claim is true solely because it has not been proven false.
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The corporate savings rate in Silvaria has been on the decline since 2009. Past data suggest that when the corporate savings rate declines, so does the unemployment rate. Clearly, reducing the corporate savings rate is one way to address the current unemployment crisis in Silvaria. This argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?
A. It repeats the same claim without providing any support.
B. It unreasonably assumes that, simply because two events often occur together, one causes the other.
C. It mistakes a small incident for a larger trend.
D. It relies on diversionary tactics that distract from the key issues.
E. It assumes a claim is true solely because it has not been proven false.
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The author claims that reducing the corporate savings rate caused increasing an unemployment rate.
However, there is a possibility that increasing an unemployment rate could be caused by other factors.
Answer choice C accurately delivers the same message as I described above.
A. It repeats the same claim without providing any support.
B. It unreasonably assumes that, simply because two events often occur together, one causes the other.
C. It mistakes a small incident for a larger trend.
D. It relies on diversionary tactics that distract from the key issues.
E. It assumes a claim is true solely because it has not been proven false.
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The author claims that reducing the corporate savings rate caused increasing an unemployment rate.
However, there is a possibility that increasing an unemployment rate could be caused by other factors.
Answer choice C accurately delivers the same message as I described above.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
This question is asking us to identify the flaw in an argument, so we should start by identifying the argument that the question presents—something like, "two things coincide; therefore, one thing causes the other." Let's look through the answers to see whether there's a choice that addresses the way we understand the argument.
Choices (A), (C), (D), and (E) all fail to address our understanding of the argument.
Additionally, (A) is wrong because the question doesn't repeat itself at all.
Choice (C) is wrong because the question doesn't mention any small instance, it only discusses larger trends.
Choice (D) is wrong because there are no diversions in the question—each statement is directly related to the one that precedes it. Choice (E) might be tempting but it still doesn't address our understanding of the argument, which makes it a weak choice.
Choice (B) is the best answer. It criticizes the argument directly, which is something none of our other options manage to do.
The correct answer is Choice (B)
This question is asking us to identify the flaw in an argument, so we should start by identifying the argument that the question presents—something like, "two things coincide; therefore, one thing causes the other." Let's look through the answers to see whether there's a choice that addresses the way we understand the argument.
Choices (A), (C), (D), and (E) all fail to address our understanding of the argument.
Additionally, (A) is wrong because the question doesn't repeat itself at all.
Choice (C) is wrong because the question doesn't mention any small instance, it only discusses larger trends.
Choice (D) is wrong because there are no diversions in the question—each statement is directly related to the one that precedes it. Choice (E) might be tempting but it still doesn't address our understanding of the argument, which makes it a weak choice.
Choice (B) is the best answer. It criticizes the argument directly, which is something none of our other options manage to do.
The correct answer is Choice (B)
