#18 - Despite the efforts of a small minority of graduate

[Relaxo]

Ok thank you!

[cmascar]

Answer choice (C) states that the speaker's conclusion is based on the fact that the majority of students are not aware of the unionization attempt. This mischaracterizes the argument and ignores the final statement of the stimulus.

The author makes a jump from stating that the majority are not aware, to stating that the majority disapprove. The conclusion is based on this final premise, not the initial one.

Hi Francis,

So answer choice (C) is incorrect because it's saying something that the author didn't do. The author said "the graduate students at the university should not unionize, since the majority of them obviously disapprove." If the author had said, "the graduate students at the university should not unionize, since the majority of them obviously are UNAWARE" then (C) would describe what the author did.

Is this correct? Thank you in advance.

[Adam Tyson]

Yes, cmascar, if the stimulus had come to its conclusion based on that other claim, rather than on the premise about disapproval, answer C would reflect that. But since that was not the given reason for the conclusion, answer C describes something that did not happen and therefore must be incorrect. Nice job!