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Studies show that children who watch too much television are more likely than others to become obese adults. Jacob, who is an obese adult, must have watched more television as a child than I did, since I am not obese.
Which of the following most closely parallels the logical structure above ?
(A) The hardware store on Main Street must have had a bigger advertisement in the Sunday paper than the hardware store around the corner had. The hardware store on Main Street sold twice as many items as the hardware store around the corner did last week, and a Sunday paper advertisement has been shown to increase the number of items sold.
(B) Studies show that large dogs lives shorter lives, on average, than small dogs do. Rex is a large dog and therefore might be expected to live a shorter life than Mustang, who is a small dog.
(C) The county superintendent stated that all schools would be canceled for the day if snowfall last night were greater than six inches. Therefore, since the snowfall was only five inches, we must be following the usual school schedule today.
(D) According to research, people with unusual musical talent do not achieve their true potential unless they are given formal lessons. Therefore Jesse, who has achieved his full musical potential without formal lessons must not have unusual musical talent.
(E) People who like vegetables also like fruits. Elizabeth does not like fruits, so she must not like vegetables either.
i some how feel that A sud have been modeled a little better for there the causation is not as explicit as it is in the premise of the question
the premise of the question gives us:
children who watch too much television---------> obesity
then the erroneous conclusion is drawn that because jacob is more obese then he must have wathed more television
i feel that A sud have shown such kind of causation :
bigger advertisement ---------> higher sales
and because The hardware store on Main Street sold twice as many items as the hardware store around the corner so hardware store on Main Street must have had bigger advertisement than hardware store around the corner
i feel that while that erroneous conclusion is explicitly stated in A ,the causation (bigger advertisement ---------> higher sales) that i have mentioned is not stated
instructors can plz shed some light on this !!
Which of the following most closely parallels the logical structure above ?
(A) The hardware store on Main Street must have had a bigger advertisement in the Sunday paper than the hardware store around the corner had. The hardware store on Main Street sold twice as many items as the hardware store around the corner did last week, and a Sunday paper advertisement has been shown to increase the number of items sold.
(B) Studies show that large dogs lives shorter lives, on average, than small dogs do. Rex is a large dog and therefore might be expected to live a shorter life than Mustang, who is a small dog.
(C) The county superintendent stated that all schools would be canceled for the day if snowfall last night were greater than six inches. Therefore, since the snowfall was only five inches, we must be following the usual school schedule today.
(D) According to research, people with unusual musical talent do not achieve their true potential unless they are given formal lessons. Therefore Jesse, who has achieved his full musical potential without formal lessons must not have unusual musical talent.
(E) People who like vegetables also like fruits. Elizabeth does not like fruits, so she must not like vegetables either.
i some how feel that A sud have been modeled a little better for there the causation is not as explicit as it is in the premise of the question
the premise of the question gives us:
children who watch too much television---------> obesity
then the erroneous conclusion is drawn that because jacob is more obese then he must have wathed more television
i feel that A sud have shown such kind of causation :
bigger advertisement ---------> higher sales
and because The hardware store on Main Street sold twice as many items as the hardware store around the corner so hardware store on Main Street must have had bigger advertisement than hardware store around the corner
i feel that while that erroneous conclusion is explicitly stated in A ,the causation (bigger advertisement ---------> higher sales) that i have mentioned is not stated
instructors can plz shed some light on this !!
