The manufacturers of NoSmoke claim that their product reduces smokers' cravings for cigarettes. ████████ ██ █ ██████ ██████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████████ █████ █████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ █████ ███ ███ ██████ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ████████ █████████
The author concludes that if the second ingredient in NoSmoke doesn’t reduce smokers’ cravings, then we can conclude that NoSmoke doesn’t reduce smokers’ cravings. As support, the author said that when the main ingredient was tested, it did not decrease smokers’ cravings for cigarettes, and NoSmoke has only two ingredients.
This argument inappropriately applies characteristics of the parts of a mixture to the mixture as a whole. It could be the case that something about the combination of the two ingredients is what causes the decrease in smokers’ cravings, while each ingredient independently is unable to cause this reduction in cravings.
The argument above is flawed ██ ████ ██
illicitly presumes that █ █████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████ ███████
The argument assumes that, if each component of the mixture can’t reduce cravings, then the mixture as a whole won’t reduce cravings. This ignores the possibility that something about the combination of the two ingredients is what causes the reduction in smokers’ cravings.
confuses a mere ███████████ ████ █ █████
This is descriptively inaccurate. The argument is not based on correlational evidence.
relies on a ██████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ████████████████
We aren’t given any reason to believe that the study used an unrepresentative sample.
overlooks the possibility ████ ███████ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████████ ███ ██████████
The conclusion is specifically about the ability of NoSmoke to reduce smokers’ cravings, so it isn’t relevant to the argument that NoSmoke could help people quit smoking through other methods.
illicitly presumes that █ █████ ████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ██████
The argument does not make this presumption; the argument does not claim that any claim is false because it came from a biased source.
Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.
It takes about five minutes.
Take the free diagnostic