Question
Questions
25
Time
07:41
SmartScore
63
Review the claim and the two pieces of
evidence.
First-born children make stronger leaders
than their siblings do.
Evidence A: A woman posted on a social media site, "Congrats
to my big sis-class president, then founder of her own
company, and now the chair of the finance department at a
leading university! I always said you were a born leader!"
Evidence B: Three leading economists compiled data on a
large number of Swedish men. Their study revealed that first-
born boys show leadership and assume responsibility more
often than their younger brothers do.
Why is Evidence B stronger than Evidence
A?
Evidence A is anecdotal. It
represents the view of only one
person with an older sibling.
Evidence A does not directly
support the claim. It does not say
anything about first-born children
and leadership.
Answer
Evidence B is stronger than Evidence A because it is based on data from a large number of people and directly supports the claim that first-born children make stronger leaders than their siblings do.