A toy company's engineering department developed a new model of its computerized storyteller lacking educational features present in the earlier model, which was still being produced. During the first year of production of the new model, while both models were being sold, the newer model of the storyteller sold much better than the older model. The CEO of the toy company concluded that educational features were not important in consumers' decisions to purchase the storyteller.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the CEO's conclusion?
A)Both institutions such as children's hospitals and private individuals purchase storytellers from this toy company.
B)Many customers consider the new storyteller educational because of certain features, which requires children to learn new skills in order to use it.
C)Many customers of this toy company also purchased computerized storytellers from toy companies that did provide educational features in their new storytellers.
D)The new storyteller can be used by all age groups of children that could use the earlier model of the storyteller.
E)There was no significant difference in price between the newer storyteller and the older model.
[spoiler]could some one please point out a flaw in my reasoning and show me how B is better than c ?
B gives the possibility that consumers purchased toys from the stated toy company because the company incorporated some special features that attracted the buyers , and not because the educational features were not important in consumers' decisions to purchase the storyteller.Since, consumers of this toy company also purchased computerized storytellers from toy companies that did provide educational features in their new storytellers clearly indicates that educational features in the toys were important to the consumers and that is the reason they visited other toy companies that contained the features.[/spoiler]
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the CEO's conclusion?
A)Both institutions such as children's hospitals and private individuals purchase storytellers from this toy company.
B)Many customers consider the new storyteller educational because of certain features, which requires children to learn new skills in order to use it.
C)Many customers of this toy company also purchased computerized storytellers from toy companies that did provide educational features in their new storytellers.
D)The new storyteller can be used by all age groups of children that could use the earlier model of the storyteller.
E)There was no significant difference in price between the newer storyteller and the older model.
[spoiler]could some one please point out a flaw in my reasoning and show me how B is better than c ?
B gives the possibility that consumers purchased toys from the stated toy company because the company incorporated some special features that attracted the buyers , and not because the educational features were not important in consumers' decisions to purchase the storyteller.Since, consumers of this toy company also purchased computerized storytellers from toy companies that did provide educational features in their new storytellers clearly indicates that educational features in the toys were important to the consumers and that is the reason they visited other toy companies that contained the features.[/spoiler]
