Critical Reasoning

A study found that last year roughly 6,700 homeless people in the United States were admitted to hospitals due to malnutrition. In the same year, a little more than 7,200 nonhomeless people were admitted to hospitals for the same reason. These findings clearly show that the nonhomeless are more likely to suffer from malnutrition than are the homeless.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most likely to point out the illogical nature of the conclusion drawn above?

(A) What is the relative level of severity of the malnutrition suffered by each group cited in the study?

(B) To what extent, on average, are the nonhomeless better off financially than are the homeless?

(C) To what extent are the causes of malnutrition in the nonhomeless related to ignorance of proper dietary habits?

(D) What percentage of each group cited in the study suffered from malnutrition last year?

(E) What effect would a large increase in the number of homeless shelters have on the incidence of malnutrition among the homeless?

OA D

komal wrote:A study found that last year roughly 6,700 homeless people in the United States were admitted to hospitals due to malnutrition. In the same year, a little more than 7,200 nonhomeless people were admitted to hospitals for the same reason. These findings clearly show that the nonhomeless are more likely to suffer from malnutrition than are the homeless.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most likely to point out the illogical nature of the conclusion drawn above?

(A) What is the relative level of severity of the malnutrition suffered by each group cited in the study?

(B) To what extent, on average, are the nonhomeless better off financially than are the homeless?

(C) To what extent are the causes of malnutrition in the nonhomeless related to ignorance of proper dietary habits?

(D) What percentage of each group cited in the study suffered from malnutrition last year?

(E) What effect would a large increase in the number of homeless shelters have on the incidence of malnutrition among the homeless?

OA D

conclusion:the nonhomeless are more likely to suffer from malnutrition than are the homeless.

evidence:nonhomeless people >homeless people

the conclusion is based on mere numbers
conclusion is illogical bcoz abs numbers can not taken as a relevant data
we %
only D talks abt this

One Obvious flaw that comes to the mind when we read the argument is that base is not discussed . 6200 and 7200 in how many?

D will expose the illogical nature of the argument

can we please have some more elaborate explanation for this question

Not clear yet though understood the cconcept of number and percentages here

Regards,
Phil

Anyone on this?

ssgmatter wrote:Anyone on this?

Hi, The point is you need to be able to compare the two figures. e.g

total homeless - 10000
affcted - 6700
% affected - 67%

total no homeless - 100 million
affected - 7200
% affected - as you can see way less than homeless people affected.

So, you need to have a base to compare the figures.

Its clear D. Its a percentage category CR question. C clearly is a trap.