Information and IdeasVery hardFinding that weakens a claim about a cause
Information and Ideas practice question
A shop claims that its new window display doubled sales of the featured coat in the week it was installed.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the shop's claim?
- A. The same week, the coat's manufacturer ran a national television advertisement, and sales of the coat doubled at shops with no window display.Correct
- B. The display was designed by a professional.
- C. Passers-by stopped to look at the display.
- D. The coat is available in three colours.
Answer: A. The same week, the coat's manufacturer ran a national television advertisement, and sales of the coat doubled at shops with no window display.
Sales doubled everywhere because of the advert; the display isn't needed to explain it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The display was designed by a professional.
- Design quality doesn't bear on cause.
- C. Passers-by stopped to look at the display.
- Supports the claim, if anything.
- D. The coat is available in three colours.
- Irrelevant.
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