Craft and StructureHardApplying a caution to a claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
When a town reports fewer crimes after a new policy, criminologist Ana Sato advises, check whether people simply stopped reporting them.
Text 2
Recorded thefts from cars fell by half after the town closed its police station's front desk and moved reporting online, and the council credits the new online system with deterring thieves.
Based on the texts, how would Sato most likely respond to the council's claim?
- A. By suggesting that the fall may reflect fewer people reporting thefts once the desk closed, not fewer thefts.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the online system deterred thieves.
- C. By arguing that the police station should close entirely.
- D. By denying that recorded thefts fell.
Answer: A. By suggesting that the fall may reflect fewer people reporting thefts once the desk closed, not fewer thefts.
Sato's caution: fewer reports, not fewer crimes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the online system deterred thieves.
- Her caution argues against that conclusion.
- C. By arguing that the police station should close entirely.
- Not proposed.
- D. By denying that recorded thefts fell.
- The recorded fall is not disputed.
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