Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The Chabberton Post-Gazette reported that the overall volume of retail

­ A. Last year several new retail stores opened in Chabberton, offering high quality merchandise at competitiveprices.

The Post-Gazette concludes that sales volume was lower based on a survey of existing stores.

If new stores opened last year and did well (high volume, competitive prices), it suggests there might have been an overall increase in retail activity in Chabberton, even if existing stores didn't perform as well.

This new information (new stores with good sales) directly contradicts the Post-Gazette's conclusion based solely on existing stores.


Let's analyze why the other options don't significantly challenge theconclusion:

B. Chabberton residents shoppingelsewhere: This might explain lower sales in Chabberton stores, but it doesn't necessarily contradict the conclusion of a lower overall volume within Chabbertonitself.

C. Advertising in thePost-Gazette: This doesn't affect sales volume directly and therefore doesn't interfere the surveyresult 

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Statistics : Posted by Gemmie • on 01 Jul 2023, 07:10 • Replies 13 • Views 8627

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