Evaluate the Following Argument in Accordance with the Criteria Discussed

question 133

Essay

Evaluate the following argument in accordance with the criteria discussed in the text.
Between 1984 and 1989, American consumption of oatmeal at breakfast went up 56 percent. Meanwhile, the consumption of coffee dropped 11 percent. For some reason, oatmeal must make coffee taste bad.

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Definitions:

Blood Type O

A blood group characterized by the absence of A and B antigens on the surface of red blood cells, making it the universal donor type for red blood cell transfusion.

Blood Type AB

A human blood group in the ABO system that has both A and B antigens on the surface of red blood cells and no anti-A or anti-B antibodies in the plasma.

Father

A male parent or guardian of an offspring, contributing genetic material for the offspring's development.

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic situation in which two alleles produce a phenotype that is a blend of both alleles’ traits, neither allele being completely dominant over the other.