easy · GMAT Verbal
Argument: A survey of users on a high-end luxury travel website found that 85% of respondents plan to take an international vacation this year. Therefore, approximately 85% of all adults plan to take an international vacation this year.
Which of the following best describes the logical flaw in the argument?
- It draws a conclusion about a broad population based on a biased sample.
- It ignores the possibility that some respondents may change their minds.
- It assumes that planning a vacation is the same as actually taking one.
- It treats the intentions expressed by a single year's respondents as a permanent trait of the entire population.
- It fails to specify which international destinations are most popular.
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