Critical Reasoning

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imo C

this is although a very old thread. IMO C is the correct one.

A-> irrelavant
B-> just an example, but that doesn't mean that this can be the case everytime.
C
D-> just a general survey which talks both ways
E-> doen't say anything about the probability of buying by the cunsumers.

I'm not crazy about any of the answers, but C does not seem to address the issue. The assertion we are supposed to support is that companies shouldn't announce "upcoming" product intros until the sales of the old product start to fall off. THe argument is all about timing so I would look for an answer that involves timing.

"Upcoming" here is key. It means that the product is not yet introduced, but will be in the relatively near future. The author is telling us that to maximize sales, the company needs to handle timing carefully. Our answer needs to have something to do with timing and the impact on sales.

Simply announcing the product would have little impact unless consumers hear about it. The participation of the media would make it more likely that the consumers would hear about it and therefore make it more likely that sales of the current product would suffer. That makes B correct.

The consumer's ability to judge the new product is not related to the timing of the announcement. Eliminate C.

"Enjoyment" is irrelevant. You could even say that if the company in question has a large group of loyal consumers this would work against the argument since a loyal consumer might be willing to hold off on a purchase of a new electronic device in order to wait for the upcoming one from his or her favorite company.

What is the official answer?

Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:I'm not crazy about any of the answers, but C does not seem to address the issue. The assertion we are supposed to support is that companies shouldn't announce "upcoming" product intros until the sales of the old product start to fall off. THe argument is all about timing so I would look for an answer that involves timing.

"Upcoming" here is key. It means that the product is not yet introduced, but will be in the relatively near future. The author is telling us that to maximize sales, the company needs to handle timing carefully. Our answer needs to have something to do with timing and the impact on sales.

Simply announcing the product would have little impact unless consumers hear about it. The participation of the media would make it more likely that the consumers would hear about it and therefore make it more likely that sales of the current product would suffer. That makes B correct.

The consumer's ability to judge the new product is not related to the timing of the announcement. Eliminate C.

"Enjoyment" is irrelevant. You could even say that if the company in question has a large group of loyal consumers this would work against the argument since a loyal consumer might be willing to hold off on a purchase of a new electronic device in order to wait for the upcoming one from his or her favorite company.

What is the official answer?

I like your explanation. but Tani, please, show me the assumption of strengthener B. I want to know this because Kaplan book teach us that strengthener must INCREASE BELIEFT in an assumption. Please, help

We want to show that announcing the new product will hurt sales of the old one. The new product can't hurt the old one's sales unless consumers know about it. If the media announces the new product, more people will know about it and more people will stop buying the old one and wait for the new one.

B says the media will announce it. that means more people will be aware and more people will wait. That strengthens the contention that the manufacturer should wait.

The specific assumption is that people will hear the announcement that the new product is coming.

hey guys...
why not D?..the analyst is pointing out that the consumers are more towards the new technology, and D is directly hitting the premise. Its saying that most of the consumers are likely to buy the new technologies. So why not D?.. Can any1 of u please clarify?

D does not say "most" consumers like new products; it simply says some buy regularly and some don't. We have no idea which group is larger or even whether the statement covers the entire universe of potential buyers. The statement would hold if 1% bought one or two a year and another 1% bought more often.

Remember, "some", in formal logic terms, only means "at least one". D also doesn't reference whether the technologies they buy are new or not, so it can't help us.