Craft and StructureHardApplying a caution to a claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Before crediting a policy with a change, economist Fatima Bello advises, ask whether the change had already begun before the policy did.
Text 2
Since the town introduced free parking on Saturdays two years ago, Saturday trade on the high street has risen by 30%, which the council attributes to the parking policy.
Based on the texts, how would Bello most likely respond to the council's attribution?
- A. By asking whether Saturday trade was already rising before free parking was introduced.Correct
- B. By agreeing that free parking caused the rise.
- C. By arguing that parking should be charged again.
- D. By denying that trade rose.
Answer: A. By asking whether Saturday trade was already rising before free parking was introduced.
Bello's question: did the trend predate the policy?
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that free parking caused the rise.
- Her caution argues against that conclusion as it stands.
- C. By arguing that parking should be charged again.
- Not proposed.
- D. By denying that trade rose.
- The rise is not disputed.
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