A new screening test has been developed for syndrome Q. Research has shown that the test yields a positive for syndro...
on October 25, 2019
Describe the flaw
Hello, will you explain why A is the right answer? Thank you!
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Irinaon October 25, 2019
@jbrito14,
The argument tells us that whenever the person has a syndrome, the test yields a positive.
S->P
It then concludes that because a person shows positive, she must have the syndrome.
P->S
This is a logical fallacy of affirming the consequent or mistaken negation, we cannot conclude that just because someone's test result is positive, they definitely have a syndrome, after all it might be a false positive.
(A) accurately describes this flaw, the claim is that S -> P, not that P -> S, therefore, it is the correct answer.
