PrepTest 84, Section 2, Question 17
Advocate: A study of people who had recently recovered from colds found that people who took cold medicine for their colds reported more severe symptoms than those people who did not take cold medicine. Therefore, taking cold medicine is clearly counterproductive.
Advocate: A study of people who had recently recovered from colds found that people who took cold medicine for their colds reported more severe symptoms than those people who did not take cold medicine. Therefore, taking cold medicine is clearly counterproductive.
Advocate: A study of people who had recently recovered from colds found that people who took cold medicine for their colds reported more severe symptoms than those people who did not take cold medicine. Therefore, taking cold medicine is clearly counterproductive.
Advocate: A study of people who had recently recovered from colds found that people who took cold medicine for their colds reported more severe symptoms than those people who did not take cold medicine. Therefore, taking cold medicine is clearly counterproductive.
The reasoning in the advocate's argument is flawed because the argument
treats something as true simply because most people believe it to be true
treats some people as experts in an area in which there is no reason to take them to be reliable sources of information
takes something to be true in one case just because it is true in most cases
rests on a confusion between what is required for a particular outcome and what is sufficient to cause that outcome
confuses what is likely the cause of something for an effect of that thing
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