Question

n a recent survey, people were given a list of civil conflicts throughout the world and asked to name those conflicts in which they thought international power might reasonably be used to effect a solution. It was found that individuals were consistently optimistic or pessimistic in their attitude toward the usefulness of international power, and that there was almost no difference in individual attitude according to whether or not the areas in question were under democratic governments. It is clear that the people surveyed do not consider a country's form of government relevant in deciding whether its internal conflicts should be solved by international power.Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?A) Democracies are no more likely than other states to favor international interference on their domestic affairsB) Many of the conflicts described took part in countries that are rarely subject to in-depth news coverage, and most respondents did not know the for of government in those countries.C) The survey respondents tended to be from a homogeneous social background and were therefore not representative of the nation as a whole.D) There was considerable variation in the intensity of civil conflicts that were included on the survey list.E) Most of the survey respondents had no more than an average knowledge of foreign affairs and could not be expected to make informed decisions on the feasibility of using international force in conflicts described

Answer 1

Answer:

C - the survey respondens tended to be from a homogeneous social background and therefore not representative of the nation as a whole.

Explanation:

If C were true, it would invalidate both the survey and and the conclusion as if the group were homeogenous and only represented one social group (background), the options would not be varied and only indicitive of that group.