PT133.S2.Q22

PrepTest 133 - Section 2 - Question 22

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Method of Reasoning

The argument presents a correlation: high-fat foods tend to be unhealthy. It then concludes that this correlation must apply in a specific instance.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument is flawed because it misunderstands what a correlation is. A correlation is a general trend, but it does not have to be true in every instance. For example, tall players are generally better at basketball, but this does not mean that all tall people must be better at basketball than all short people. The same is true of the stimulus. High-fat foods are generally more unhealthy than low-fat foods, but this does not mean that a specific high-fat food must be healthier than a specific low-fat food.

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22.

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a

Canned foods always ███████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ██████ ████ ███

b

Vegetables that are ██████████ █████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██████████ █████ ████████ █████ ███ ███████████ ███████ █████ ████████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ███ █████████

c

The human body █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██████████ ████ █████████ ██████ █████ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ██████████

d

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e

Eating at a ██████████ █████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██ █████ ██████████ ████ ███████████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ █ ██████████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ █████ ███

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