Why is B a flawed answer choice?

Started by JeremyG · started 2019-03-26 22:34 · last activity 2019-07-12 17:42 · 2 replies

I can understand why answer choice D best captures the flaw in the argument, but on what grounds can we eliminate answer choice B?

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  1. Minerva · 2019-07-12 16:14

    Yes, can someone explain why B is wrong?
  2. Irina · 2019-07-12 17:42

    @JeremyG This is a flaw question. The answer choice B is incorrect because the question focuses on survey respondents' perception of the crime rate and sentencing rather than the actual crime and sentencing statistics. The editor presumes that people are correct in their perceptions and bases his conclusion on that belief, but it is not necessary for him to assume that there is actual correlation between criminal offenders being treated leniently and a high crime rate to form this conclusion.

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