Question #4747

How is the Answer A?

Started by lerondagates · started 2019-11-20 02:14 · last activity 2019-11-20 04:07 · 2 replies

Hello, I read the passage a few times and can't really understand why the answer is A. We know the results were positive and the studies were flawed, so the treatment is probably not effective. Answer choice A says that the judges did not have uniform criteria. Is this the parallel methodological flaw we found in the passage? So, because the judges did not have uniform criteria, their winner (treatment) is flawed, or is a bad one? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Irina · 2019-11-20 03:52

    @lerondagates, The issue with the argument in the stimulus is that it concludes that just because the process/ methodology for testing the effectiveness of the treatment is flawed, the result is also flawed. This is a logical fallacy as it is possible for a flawed process to produce an accurate result. (A) exhibits a similar flaw - since the judges did not have a uniform criteria, i.e. the process is flawed - thus, the cake that won must be a bad one. Surely, even if the judges were using inconsistent criteria, a tasty cake could have won. Let me know if you have any other questions.

  2. lerondagates · 2019-11-20 04:07

    Yes, I get it now. Thanks for the clarification. I missed that totally.

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