Politician: Those economists who claim that
consumer price increases have averaged less
than 3 percent over the last year are mistaken.
They clearly have not shopped anywhere
recently. Gasoline is up 10 percent over the last
year; my auto insurance, 12 percent;
newspapers, 15 percent; propane, 13%; bread,
50 percent.
The reasoning in the politician's argument is most
vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the
argument
(A) impugns the character of the economists rather
than addressing their arguments
(B) fails to show that the economists mentioned are
not experts in the area of consumer prices
(C) mistakenly infers that something is not true
from the claim that it has not been shown to
be so
(D) uses evidence drawn from a small sample that
may well be unrepresentative
(E) attempts to persuade by making an emotional
appeal
consumer price increases have averaged less
than 3 percent over the last year are mistaken.
They clearly have not shopped anywhere
recently. Gasoline is up 10 percent over the last
year; my auto insurance, 12 percent;
newspapers, 15 percent; propane, 13%; bread,
50 percent.
The reasoning in the politician's argument is most
vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the
argument
(A) impugns the character of the economists rather
than addressing their arguments
(B) fails to show that the economists mentioned are
not experts in the area of consumer prices
(C) mistakenly infers that something is not true
from the claim that it has not been shown to
be so
(D) uses evidence drawn from a small sample that
may well be unrepresentative
(E) attempts to persuade by making an emotional
appeal
