PT124.S1.Q22

PrepTest 124 - Section 1 - Question 22

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Healthier ≠ Healthy

The doctor cites research showing that slightly overweight people are healthier than considerably underweight people. From this, she concludes that being slightly overweight is enough to be healthy.

But the research only establishes a relative relationship. It tells us where "slightly overweight" ranks in relation to "considerably underweight" on the health scale. It doesn't tell us whether "slightly overweight" actually crosses the threshold into "healthy." (You can be healthier than someone who is very sick and still not be healthy yourself.)

Author assumes
X
Y
(lower
than X)
healthy
But it could be...
X
Y
(lower
than X)
healthy
X = slightly overweight, Y = considerably underweight
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The flaw is confusing a relative claim ("healthier than") for an absolute one ("healthy").

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a

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b

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d

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e

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