Practice mode Critical Reasoning

Argument: “Towns with more doctors have more sick people, so doctors make people ill.” Which best describes the flaw in this reasoning?

Correct answer B. It confuses cause and effect, since doctors are likely to be posted where there are more sick people

Explanation

The link more plausibly runs the other way: more illness leads to more doctors being needed. Assuming the doctors cause the illness reverses cause and effect.

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