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Flaw in Reasoning Questions

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same as Method of Reasoning but   reasoning in stimulus is flawed  
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correct answer will   identify error in the author's reasoning in general terms  
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error of reasoning   uncertain use of term or concept, using a term in different ways  
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error of reasoning   source argument, attacks person instead of argument  
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error of reasoning   circular reasoning, author assumes as true what is to be proved, conclusion and premise both support each other, "I must be telling the truth because I am not lying."  
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error of reasoning   errors of conditional reasoning, confuses sufficient and necessary conditions  
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error of reasoning   mistaken cause and effect, assumes causality when really only a correlation exists  
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error of reasoning   straw man, distorts or refashions argument to make weaker  
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error of reasoning   lack of evidence, failure to support conclusion  
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error of reasoning   internal contradiction, author makes conflicting statements  
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error of reasoning   appeal fallacies, uses appeal of certain group to persuade, authority, popular opinion/numbers, emotion  
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error of reasoning   survey errors, use biased sample, questions improperly constructed, inaccurate responses  
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error of reasoning   exceptional case/overgeneralization, takes small number of instances and broadens it  
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error of reasoning   errors of composition and division, judgments made about groups and parts of groups  
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error of reasoning   false analogy, uses analogy too dissimilar to original situation to be applicable  
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error of reasoning   false dilemma, assumes only two possible courses of action when really there are more  
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error of reasoning   errors in use of evidence, lack of to prove false or lack of to prove true  
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error of reasoning   time shift errors, assumes conditions remain constant over time  
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error of reasoning   number and percentage errors  
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stem example   "Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument's reasoning?"  
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stem example   "The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument"  
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stem example   "The reasoning above is flawed because it fails to recognize that"  
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