PT120.S1.Q1

PrepTest 120 - Section 1 - Question 1

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While it might be expected that those neighborhoods most heavily patrolled by police have the least crime, the statistical evidence overwhelmingly supports the claim that Support such neighborhoods have the most crime. ████ █████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ ██ █ █████████████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author concludes that the presence of police in a neighborhood doesn’t deter crime. His support is that the areas with the most police presence also have the most crime.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author observes that high crime is correlated with high policing, and concludes that policing doesn’t reduce crime. This is flawed reasoning, because it’s quite possible that more police are assigned to areas that are already high in crime. Without the extra policing, perhaps these areas would have even higher crime rates.

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attempts to support ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ████████

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fails to consider ███ ███████████ ████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ███ ████████████

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draws a general ██████████ ████ ███ █████ █ ██████ ██ ████

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fails to consider ███ ███████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ██ █ ██████████ ████ ██ █████ █ ████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ████ ████

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takes for granted ████ ██████ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ████ █████ ██ █ ████████ █████████ ██ █████

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