Craft and StructureHardApplying a principle to a claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
A test that finds no effect, statistician Kwame Boateng notes, is not evidence that there is no effect unless the test was large enough to detect one.
Text 2
A council trial of a new road surface on one short street over one winter found no reduction in accidents, and the council has concluded that the surface does not work.
Based on the texts, how would Boateng most likely respond to the council's conclusion?
- A. By pointing out that one short street over one winter is too small a test to show that the surface has no effect.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the surface does not work.
- C. By arguing that the surface should be laid everywhere.
- D. By denying that the trial took place.
Answer: A. By pointing out that one short street over one winter is too small a test to show that the surface has no effect.
Boateng's principle: a null result from a small test proves little.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the surface does not work.
- His principle argues against that conclusion.
- C. By arguing that the surface should be laid everywhere.
- Not proposed.
- D. By denying that the trial took place.
- The trial is not disputed.
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