Critical Reasoning (CR) | In a certain wildlife park, park rangers are able to track the movemen

Understanding the argument -
Conclusion - Tranquilizer inhibits fertility. Because - Female rhinoceroses that have been frequently recollared have significantly lower fertility rates than uncollared females. Park rangers need to tranquilize rhinoceros to put collars back.

We see a causal connection in the conclusion. Tranquilizer (cause) inhibits fertility (effect).
We need to evaluate the argument - In evaluation, we check the validity of the argument. The correct answers are framed along the lines of assumptions. Let us see what assumption here.

So, how do we weaken the causal argument X causes Y? No X, no Y - This is not applicable here as the argument already handled this objection by sharing that the recollared one suffers from fertility issues and not the uncollared one. So it means no X, no Y already strengthened it. Another way is X but not Y. This means we have Tranquilizer, but it doesn't inhibit fertility. There can be 2 cases. One case using Tranquilizer for recollar:
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 16 May 2009, 09:32 • Replies 21 • Views 62547

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