Hospital Administrator: A regional medical center cannot attain Tier-One trauma designation unless it maintains a board-certified trauma surgeon on site at all times and operates a dedicated blood transfusion unit. Valley General Hospital has just instituted continuous on-site staffing of board-certified trauma surgeons and completed the installation of a dedicated blood transfusion unit. It follows that Valley General will attain Tier-One trauma designation during its upcoming evaluation.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the hospital administrator's reasoning?
- Ainfers that because two organizational reforms were completed simultaneously, one must be the direct cause of the other
- Bbases its conclusion on an unstated assumption that the evaluating board has historically lowered its qualification standards
- treats a set of conditions that are necessary for attaining the designation as though they are sufficient to guarantee itCevap
- Drejects the criteria established by the accrediting board on the grounds that they are overly restrictive
- Erelies on a premise that merely restates the final conclusion in different terms
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The argument treats conditions that are necessary for attaining the Tier-One trauma designation as though they are sufficient to guarantee that the designation will be awarded.
The administrator establishes that having on-site surgeons and a dedicated blood transfusion unit are mandatory minimum prerequisites for Tier-One designation. Meeting these necessary prerequisites does not establish that they are the only requirements needed for designation. By concluding that fulfilling these prerequisites guarantees designation, the argument mistakenly treats necessary conditions as sufficient.
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Flaw in the Reasoning: Confusing Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
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