The author who quotes the video game researcher is using statistical argument.
<h3>What is statistical argument?</h3>
Statistical argument is an argument based on facts and figures from a research. This kind of argument requires the researcher to get values in order to make judgement.
Children who earn poor grades in school do well in playing video games. This is because, the researcher has found out how low they perform in class in terms of their test score and has used this as a measure to determine how poor they play video games.
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The way that D is characterized by Alger in the given excerpt from the passage is that; He is Indifferent
<h3>What is the Inference from the passage?</h3>
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From the given passage, we see that D doesn't really dislike dirt because he doesn't think that it's important to wash off dirt.
From D's behavior above, we can say that he is indifferent to the customs of his culture because most people in that culture will wash themselves to get rid of the dirt but he doesn't think it is important like the culture thinks.
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