Flawed Parallel ReasoningDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Most people at this specific company are programmers, and most programmers everywhere make great money, so at least one person at this company must make great money.
Conclusion: There is at least one employee at Compujack who is paid an excellent salary by that company.
Reasoning: Most employees at Compujack are computer programmers, and most computer programmers in the general workforce receive excellent salaries.
Analysis: This argument fails because it tries to overlap two 'most' statements that refer to different groups. While it's true that most programmers in general are well-paid, the programmers at Compujack could happen to be the unlucky minority who are underpaid. To parallel this flaw, look for an answer that takes a majority of a specific group, notes a general characteristic of that group's profession, and then concludes that the specific group must share that characteristic.
Conclusion: There is at least one employee at Compujack who is paid an excellent salary by that company.
Reasoning: Most employees at Compujack are computer programmers, and most computer programmers in the general workforce receive excellent salaries.
Analysis: This argument fails because it tries to overlap two 'most' statements that refer to different groups. While it's true that most programmers in general are well-paid, the programmers at Compujack could happen to be the unlucky minority who are underpaid. To parallel this flaw, look for an answer that takes a majority of a specific group, notes a general characteristic of that group's profession, and then concludes that the specific group must share that characteristic.
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Unlock Full Passage24.Which one of the following arguments exhibits a flawed pattern of reasoning most similar to the flawed pattern of reasoning exhibited by the argument above?
Correct Answer
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A matches the pattern: Most gardeners (B) are patient (C). Most of Molly’s classmates (A) are gardeners (B). Therefore, at least one of her classmates (A) is patient (C). This is flawed for the same reason—the classmates who are gardeners could all be among the minority of gardeners who are not patient.
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