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-  Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:14 am #46435
I noticed that the studies cite a correlation but the author makes a causation in the conclusion. So I was left with answers (B) and (D) and would like to clarify why (D) is incorrect.
The first study indicates the relation between the drug and cholesterol.
The second study indicates the relation between heart disease and cholesterol.
So it would be sort of a chain of relationships with the drug, cholesterol, and heart disease. Because this is acceptable, is that why (D) is wrong?
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 Dave Killoran
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-  Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:03 pm #46453
Hi LSAT,

You're exactly right, it was okay what they did here. Basically, an author can choose what part of a chain they want to focus on, and it's isn't a flaw to look at one section of the chain instead of the whole chain. It's a sort of authorial privilege to choose what you want to discuss and focus on, and as long as the result is reasonable and doen't overlook some glaring error in the rest of the argument, it's not a flaw.

Good job!
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