Craft and StructureHardApplying a principle to a claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
A single year's figure proves little, statistician Rosa Mendes warns: weather, one-off events, and plain chance make any year unusual in some way. Look at the trend over many years.
Text 2
The council reports that road accidents fell 15% last year and credits its new speed cameras.
Based on the texts, how would Mendes most likely respond to the council's report?
- A. By asking to see accident figures over several years before crediting the cameras with a single year's fall.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the cameras caused the fall.
- C. By arguing that the cameras should be removed.
- D. By denying that accidents fell.
Answer: A. By asking to see accident figures over several years before crediting the cameras with a single year's fall.
Mendes's principle: one year proves little; look at the trend.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the cameras caused the fall.
- Her caution argues against that conclusion.
- C. By arguing that the cameras should be removed.
- Not proposed.
- D. By denying that accidents fell.
- The figure is not disputed.
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