PT124.S1.Q13

PrepTest 124 - Section 1 - Question 13

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Some doctors believe that a certain drug reduces the duration of episodes of vertigo, claiming that the average duration of vertigo for people who suffer from it has decreased since the drug was introduced. ████████ ██████ █ ██████ ███████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ████████ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ████████

Summary

The author counters the doctors’ belief by concluding that the drug has no effect on vertigo duration. She supports this by pointing to a phenomenon where, for the three months that people were forced to go without the drug, there was no significant change in vertigo duration.

Notable Assumptions

The author’s only support comes from this three-month phenomenon. She expected, if the drug were helping vertigo duration, to have seen a significant change. This must be true for her conclusion to be supported by her premises.

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13.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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