Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: This past holiday weekend, the number of traffic accidents that occurr

This past holiday weekend, the number of traffic accidents that occurred on a particular stretch of Highway 79 was 25 percent lower than the corresponding number of accidents last year in the same location over the same holiday weekend. This is good evidence that the Highway Patrol’s publicity campaign against speeding has resulted in safer driving habits among motorists.

Which of the following is assumed in reaching the conclusion above?

(A) Traffic accident rates on the particular stretch of Highway 79 will continue to drop as long as the Highway Patrol’s publicity campaign continues. - WRONG. Talks about future instead of the moment that passage deals in.

(B) The two holiday weekends cover exactly the same calendar dates. - WRONG. Not necessarily true. Even if so, it does not impacts the campaigning claim that passage makes.

(C) Highway Patrol cars are patrolling the particular stretch of Highway 79 more frequently. - WRONG. Needs further assumption that would support it to
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 22 Mar 2021, 05:00 • Replies 8 • Views 3935

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