#24 - Public policy dictates the health risks the public

[ngreen221]

Hello PS,

I came to this question in LR QTT and was immediately dumbfounded by the stimulus. May a please get an explanation of the stimulus and answer choices? I didn't really know how to attack this question at all.

Thank you!

[Brook Miscoski]

ngreen,

What makes this question challenging for most students is that you're asked to parallel the argument--essentially, to pick the answer choice that has logical qualities most similar to the stimulus.

There are several ways to approach this type of question. Because the stimulus doesn't rely on conditional reasoning (or any other that is easy to diagram), I would not attempt to diagram it. Instead, I would describe what happened. Notice that it makes a claim that statistics are misleading, and gives an example.

A. This has a claim that statistics are misleading, supported by an example. Contender.
B. This choice suggests we should rely on the statistics. Loser.
C. This choice suggests we should consider additional data. Loser.
D. This choice seeks to explain statistics. Loser.
E. This choice suggests we should rely on the statistics. Loser.

And there we have it--A is the only survivor, and is the credited response.

[ngreen221]

Ah when you point it out like that, it makes this question so simple!

Thank you, Brook!