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Logical Reasoning

MCQ - 177-8129

Students in the city’s junior high schools have reported that their grades improved when they were permitted to listen to the radio while doing their school homework assignments. It therefore seems probable that school performance could be improved if radios with earphones were permitted during school study halls.

Question:

Which of the following statements, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

  1. Neither the teachers nor the parents of the students approve of their listening to the radio while doing their homework
  2. Seventy percent of the city’s high school students say they listen to the radio while doing their homework
  3. Forty percent of the students who receive above average grades in junior high school say they never listen to the radio
  4. Seventy percent of the city’s high school students say they listen to the radio while doing their homework
  5. Studies of teenage children show a correlation between the ability to solve problems and silence.

Correct Answer: E

Explanation:

Only choice (E) introduces a fact strictly relevant to the argument that listening to the radio will improve school performance. This fact contradicts the argument based on student claims

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