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A
1
6%
B
6
38%
C
6
38%
D
3
19%
E
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 16

Source: — Critical Reasoning |

by dinaroneo » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:10 pm
Clearly C
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by Tani » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:52 pm
C is incorrect because the opinions of doctors are irrelevant. B strengthens the argument because it eliminates one possible weakener - that the patients who did not attend did not do so because they were too ill.
Tani Wolff
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by dinaroneo » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:36 am
Thanks for correcting me!
but I not sure about, how B is correct. Can you please amplify your explanation for B.
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by Tani » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:44 am
Strengtheners do not "Prove" an argument, they simply make it more likely to be true. If I were going to argue with the author, one way I would attack is to say that maybe the people who didn't participate were too sick to do so. That would mean the sample (participants who CHOSE to use psychotherapy) were not representative of the total population and therefore the conclusion cannot be applied to the total population. By ruling out that road of attack, we make the conclusion more likely.
Tani Wolff
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by dinaroneo » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:49 am
I Got it! Thanks.
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by coderversion1 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:39 pm
Just got to know that OA is B
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by artistocrat » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:38 pm
C is a trap.
Last edited by artistocrat on Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by 786 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:55 am
This one is very confusing .
seems far fecthced .
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