medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A nutritionist states: 'The average height of adults in this region has risen by 5 centimeters over the past century. Consequently, most individuals in the region today are taller than their ancestors of a century ago.'
The reasoning in the nutritionist's argument is flawed because it:
- Treats a change in a group's average as though it held true for most of the group's individual members.
- Uses data about the past as the basis for an unwarranted prediction about the future.
- Neglects the contribution that genetic inheritance makes to a person's adult height.
- Disregards the chance that migration has altered the makeup of the region's population.
- Assumes that height is the only physical trait that has changed over the past century.
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