Information and IdeasHardFinding that would weaken a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A journalist claims that the town's new cycle lanes have caused the rise in shop vacancies on the high street by removing parking.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the journalist's claim?
- A. Vacancies on the high street began rising two years before the cycle lanes were built, and rose at the same rate in the town's other shopping streets, which kept their parking.Correct
- B. Some shoppers arrive by car.
- C. The cycle lanes are well used.
- D. The high street has more shops than the other streets.
Answer: A. Vacancies on the high street began rising two years before the cycle lanes were built, and rose at the same rate in the town's other shopping streets, which kept their parking.
Rising before the lanes, and equally where parking stayed: the lanes aren't the cause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Some shoppers arrive by car.
- Consistent with the claim.
- C. The cycle lanes are well used.
- Doesn't bear on vacancies.
- D. The high street has more shops than the other streets.
- Irrelevant.
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