Argument Evaluation
Situation Traffic into midtown has decreased by 7 percent, and bus ridership has increased by an equivalent amount. The mayor's publicity campaign is responsible for this change.
Reasoning What casts doubt on this conclusion? Another reasonable explanation of what caused the decrease in automobile traffic and the increase in bus ridership would make this
conclusion suspect. Road construction impeding access to midtown over the same period of time is a reasonable alternative
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Situation Traffic into midtown has decreased by 7 percent, and bus ridership has increased by an equivalent amount. The mayor's publicity campaign is responsible for this change.
Reasoning What casts doubt on this conclusion? Another reasonable explanation of what caused the decrease in automobile traffic and the increase in bus ridership would make this
conclusion suspect. Road construction impeding access to midtown over the same period of time is a reasonable alternative
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