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 chickfu
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I am just wondering if you could identify answer A as the correct answer by relying on a sort-of "similarities vs difference principle." Answers B, C, and E weaken the argument by accounting for possible differences between the control group and the factory worker group. These differences would therefore invalid or weaken the results of the study.

Answer A does not weaken the results of the study because it describes a similarity between the two groups. In other words, it describes a situation that affects both groups equally and in the same way so therefore it cannot weaken the results of the study.

I remember reading somewhere in the bibles that, essentially, a similarity cannot be used to explain a difference so I am wondering if that concept applies here.
 Adam Tyson
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Perfect! That's a great way to handle this question, chickfu!

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