Debater: The average amount of overtime per month worked by an employee in the manufacturing division of the Haglut Corporation is 14 hours. Most employees of the Haglut Corporation work in the manufacturing division. Furthermore, the average amount of overtime per month worked by any employee in the company generally does not fluctuate much from month to month. Therefore, each month, most employees of the Haglut Corporation almost certainly work at least some overtime.
The debater's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of these grounds?
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Debater: The average amount of overtime per month worked by an employee in the manufacturing division of
the Haglut Corporation is 14 hours. Most employees of the Haglut Corporation work in the manufacturing
division. Furthermore, the average amount of overtime per month worked by any employee in the company
generally does not fluctuate much from month to month. Therefore, each month, most employees of the Haglut
Corporation almost certainly work at least some overtime.
The debater's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of these grounds?
(A) It takes for granted that the manufacturing division is a typical division of the corporation with regard to
the average amount of overtime its employees work each month.
(B) It takes for granted that if a certain average amount of overtime is worked each month by each employee
of the Haglut Corporation, then approximately the same amount of overtime must be worked each month
by each employee of the manufacturing division.
(C) It confuses a claim from which the argument's conclusion about the Haglut Corporation would necessarily
follow with a claim that would follow from the argument's conclusion only with a high degree of probability.
(D) It overlooks the possibility that even if, on average, a certain amount of overtime is worked by the
members of some group, many members of that group may work no overtime at all.
(E) It overlooks the possibility that even if most employees of the corporation work some overtime each
month, any one corporate employee may, in some months, work no overtime.
The debater's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which of these grounds? 削弱
(A) It takes for granted that the manufacturing division is a typical division of the corporation with regard to
the average amount of overtime its employees work each month. (本来就是typical的,不需要take for granted,所以无法削弱)
(B) It takes for granted that if a certain average amount of overtime is worked each month by each employee
of the Haglut Corporation, then approximately the same amount of overtime must be worked each month
by each employee of the manufacturing division. (题中没有说same;另外each也不对,文中说most)
(C) It confuses a claim from which the argument's conclusion about the Haglut Corporation would necessarily
follow with a claim that would follow from the argument's conclusion only with a high degree of probability. (这句话绕死了,简化一下再看:It confuses claim A with claim B. A带来文章的结论,B是文章结论很有可能带来的,是因果导致的意思吗?我觉得也不是削弱。这句话不知道理解对不对,高手请指点一下。)
(D) It overlooks the possibility that even if, on average, a certain amount of overtime is worked by the
members of some group, many members of that group may work no overtime at all. (OA:符合削弱分析中描述的内容)
(E) It overlooks the possibility that even if most employees of the corporation work some overtime each
month, any one corporate employee may, in some months, work no overtime. (文中并没有说most employees work OT everymonth,只是说了most employee所在的部门平均OT时间是18个小时,那么不能说明most人都OT,因为有可能是小部分人大量的OT,所以逻辑不成立)