PT113.S2.Q21

PrepTest 113 - Section 2 - Question 21

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Support The studies showing that increased consumption of fruits and vegetables may help decrease the incidence of some types of cancer do not distinguish between organically grown and nonorganically grown produce; they were conducted with produce at least some of which contained pesticide residues. ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██████████ █████████ █████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument starts by explaining that studies did not differentiate between produce that was organically grown and produce that contained pesticide residues when these studies found a correlation between increased consumption of fruits and vegetables and decreased incidence of some types of cancer. The argument then concludes that said lack of differentiation proves that eating produce containing pesticide residues does not lead to any increased health risks.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a cookie-cutter hasty generalization flaw, in which the author draws a broad conclusion from too little evidence. The argument uses evidence about a combined set (organic and nonorganic produce) to draw a broad conclusion about a distinction between groups within that set. Furthermore, the conclusion makes a claim about health risks generally, while the studies from the premise only mention some types of cancer.

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21.

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a

Research shows that ███ █████████ ██ ███████ █████ ██████████ █████████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ████ █ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██████ ████ ██ █ ███████ █████ ██████

b

Research has shown ████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ████ █ ████ ██████████ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ █ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ███████ ████ █ ██████████ ██████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ █████████ █████████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████████████

c

Research has shown ████ █████ ██████ ███ █████ ███████████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██ █████████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ████ █ ███████ ████ ███ █████ █████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ██ ██████████ ███████ ████ ██████████ ████ ███████ █ ██████████ ████ ████ ███████ █ ████

d

Research has shown ████ ███████ ███████ ██████ ██████ ███████████ ███████ ██ ████████ ████ █████ ███████ ████████ ███ ████ █████ ███████ █████ ████████ ███ █████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███████████ █████████ █████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ ██████ ████ ████ █████ ███████ ███████ ███████

e

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