QUESTION TEXT: Advertisement: A leading economist has determined that…
QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning
CONCLUSION: You’ll get a higher paying job if you buy a laptop!
REASONING: People who have laptops tend to earn more.
ANALYSIS: This is a chicken and egg problem. It could be true that laptops cause wealth. But it seems more likely that rich people can better afford to buy laptops.
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- We have information about all everyone. All laptop owners and people who don’t own laptops.
- This isn’t circular reasoning. The study is given as evidence.
- CORRECT. We don’t know if wealth causes laptops or laptops cause wealth.
- The conclusion could be true. It just doesn’t have to be.
- The conclusion is about the past. Read it again: “led to a higher paying job.”
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