1. Although 90percent of the population believes itself to be well informed about healthcare, only 20 percent knows enough about DNA. So apparently at least 80 percentof the population does not know enough about medical concepts to makewell-informed personal medical choices or to make good public policy decisionsabout health care.
The argument’sreasoning is questionable because the argument fails to demonstrate that
A. those people who can understandnews stories about DNA are able to make well-informed personal medical choices
B. more than 20 percent of thepopulation needs to be well informed about health care for good public policydecisions about health care to be made
C. one’s being able to makewell-informed personal medical choices ensures that one makes good publicpolicy decisions about health care
D. an understanding of DNA isessential to making well-informed personal medical choices or to making goodpublic policy decisions about health care
since 90 percent of the population believes itself tobe well informed about health care, at least 70 percent of the population ismistaken in that belief.
The argument’sreasoning is questionable because the argument fails to demonstrate that
A. those people who can understandnews stories about DNA are able to make well-informed personal medical choices
B. more than 20 percent of thepopulation needs to be well informed about health care for good public policydecisions about health care to be made
C. one’s being able to makewell-informed personal medical choices ensures that one makes good publicpolicy decisions about health care
D. an understanding of DNA isessential to making well-informed personal medical choices or to making goodpublic policy decisions about health care
since 90 percent of the population believes itself tobe well informed about health care, at least 70 percent of the population ismistaken in that belief.