Question

question 6
what is wrong with the argument in the passage below?
new york citys stop - and - frisk policy should be retained because it has been extremely useful in fighting crime. under this policy, police can stop a person and frisk him or her if they merely suspect the person might have been involved in a crime. since the policy was instituted, the crime rate has fallen precipitously—according to the official new york police department crime statistics, the overall drop is more than 80 percent.
a it misuses a statistic to overstate the amount of crime committed in new york city.
b it assumes that because one person commits a crime, others will do so as well.
c it uses an incorrect appeal to the new york police department as an authority.
d it assumes that the police policy was the cause of the drop in crime.

Explanation:

The argument only shows a correlation between the stop - and - frisk policy and the crime rate drop, not causation. There could be other factors contributing to the decrease in crime.

Answer:

D. It assumes that the police policy was the cause of the drop in crime.