StrengthenDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A doctor says their country has fewer ulcers because people there get fewer prescriptions for ulcer medicine compared to other similar countries.
Conclusion: The physician's country has a lower per capita rate of ulcers than two other similar countries.
Reasoning: Despite having identical risk factors for ulcers, the physician's country has a much lower rate of prescriptions for ulcer medications.
Analysis: The argument relies on a significant assumption: that prescription rates are a perfect proxy for actual disease rates. To strengthen this, we need to eliminate alternative explanations for why prescriptions might be low. For instance, what if people in the physician's country just don't go to the doctor, or what if they use different types of medicine? Look for an answer that confirms that if people in this country had ulcers, they would indeed be getting these specific prescriptions at the same rate as people in the other countries.
Conclusion: The physician's country has a lower per capita rate of ulcers than two other similar countries.
Reasoning: Despite having identical risk factors for ulcers, the physician's country has a much lower rate of prescriptions for ulcer medications.
Analysis: The argument relies on a significant assumption: that prescription rates are a perfect proxy for actual disease rates. To strengthen this, we need to eliminate alternative explanations for why prescriptions might be low. For instance, what if people in the physician's country just don't go to the doctor, or what if they use different types of medicine? Look for an answer that confirms that if people in this country had ulcers, they would indeed be getting these specific prescriptions at the same rate as people in the other countries.
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Unlock Full Passage9.Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the physician's argument?
Correct Answer
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If an ulcer sufferer in the physician’s country is just as likely to obtain a prescription as an ulcer sufferer in the other countries, then lower prescription counts reliably reflect fewer actual ulcers, directly strengthening the inference.
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