Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Asthma, a chronic breathing disorder, is significantly more common

Conclusion - Frequent exposure to chlorine is not the cause of high incidence of asthma among comp.swimmers.
Type - Strengthen

(A) young people who have asthma are no more likely to become competitive athletes than are young people who do not haveasthma - This option answers the question "Do people having asthma are more or less likely to become competitive athletes?" Whether the answer is yes or no. It doesn't answer why competitive swimmers are more asthmatic on average compared to non-swimming athletes?Drop

(B) competitive athletes who specialize in sports other than swimming are rarely exposed tochlorine - Again, if chlorine doesn't cause asthma, then whether non-swmiing athletes get exposed to chlorine or not doesn't support our conclusion.Drop

(C) competitive athletes as a group have a significantly lower incidence of asthma than do people who do not participate in competitiveathletics - Again doesn't answer "Why are swimmers more asthmatic on average compared
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Statistics : Posted by stackskillz • on 13 Jun 2017, 13:38 • Replies 37 • Views 60312

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