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In practice, this question tests your ability to recognize when an argument improperly draws a causal conclusion from correlative premises. If you missed this question, or even if it took you a while to answer correctly, the main lesson you should take away is to review the unit on causal reasoning.
This stimulus’ causal reasoning lies within the claim “if you want a large refund, you should use a tax prep service.” This suggestion implies that using a tax prep service will contribute meaningfully to the goal of securing a large refund.
Once you’ve identified correlation / causation as the flaw, addressing the answer choices is straightforward. As it happens, every wrong answer is wrong because it features a causal premise.
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(A) mirrors the stimulus in drawing a causal conclusion from a correlative premise: these two things are correlated, so if you want one, you should do the other.
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(B) is wrong because of the word enables, which makes its premise causal instead of correlative.
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(C) is wrong because of the words lower and decrease, both of which make its premise causal instead of correlative.
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(D) is wrong because of the phrase find it helpful, which makes its premise causal instead of correlative.
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(E) is wrong because of the phrase target people, which makes its premise causal instead of correlative.
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