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Braelynn: Economists have predicted that our generation will be the first that cannot confidently look forward to having a better standard of living than that enjoyed by our parents.

Sean: That's simply untrue. My father's standard of living is nowhere near as high as his parents' was, and my own standard of living is already higher than that of my parents.

Which of the following best describes the error of reasoning contained in Sean's argument above?

A) It relies on a sample that may be unrepresentative.
B) It assumes the truth of what it sets out to prove.
C) It offers an example that is not inconsistent with Braelynn's argument.
D) It is based on an unproven speculation about future events.
E) It uses evidence of a correlation to argue the existence of a causal relationship.

VivekSri · Answer

Braelynn: Economists have predicted that our generation will be the first that cannot confidently look forward to having a better standard of living than that enjoyed by our parents.

Sean: That's simply untrue. My father's standard of living is nowhere near as high as his parents' was, and my own standard of living is already higher than that of my parents.

Now if you have selected anyone between A and C. You are on the right track. Let us filter B ,D and E as it no where related to answer.
Let us take a parallel reasoning, If I say that- Before 1600, Average Income of India was 5000 dollar and we can not not even compare this in 2022.
If I tell you that Average income of Rahul and Shyam is 6000 dollar. This can not break my first sentence as we can not compare 1.32 billion population with two people. This correctly described in A.

Which of the following best describes the error of reasoning contained in Sean's argument above?

A) It relies on a sample that may be unrepresentative.
C) It offers an example that is not inconsistent with Braelynn's argument.-> Example that Sean took was consistent with Braelynn's argument as Braelynn was talking about his generation which would include Sean. Hence discarded.

SameerJain2705 · Answer

My perspective - 
I think C is much closer to argument than A. " A" is too wide and "C" is far more specific.

Abhishek009 · Answer

While analyzing the stimulus, observe closely , Sean talks about the  standard of living of his family only , hence it  limits the scope,  whereas Braelynn has given a general statement about  our generation. , hence corret Answer must be (A)

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