Question

Use the passage to answer the question.

Professor Lucy Dobbs of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently wrote that chain stores weaken local economies. Compared to chain stores, local businesses spend 6 percent more on hiring local workers. Local charities report significantly higher donations from local businesses. In one town, United Way received most of its income from two local groceries, a hometown bank, and a handful of local specialty shops.

Which sentence best describes the quality of the evidence in the passage?

(1 point)
Responses

The evidence is relevant and sufficient.
The evidence is relevant and sufficient.

The evidence is sufficient, but biased.
The evidence is sufficient, but biased.

The evidence is relevant, but it is not sufficient.
The evidence is relevant, but it is not sufficient.

The evidence is not reliable and it is out of date.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT-4 Turbo]

The evidence is relevant, but it is not sufficient.

While the evidence provided in the passage supports the claim that local businesses contribute positively to local economies in certain respects, such as hiring locally and making charitable contributions, it does not present a comprehensive view that allows for a full comparison of the impact of chain stores versus local businesses overall. The evidence cited is specific to hiring practices and charitable donations in one unnamed town, leaving many other aspects of economic impact unexamined (like tax contributions, overall job creation, price competition, etc.). Additionally, the scope of the evidence is limited, as data from a single town may not generalize to other local economies. Therefore, more evidence would be required to fully support the assertion that chain stores weaken local economies across the board.