Question ID:PT21 S2 Q24 Passage:Statistician: Changes in the Sun’s luminosity correlate exceedingly well with average land temperatures on Earth. Clearly—and contrary to accepted opinion among meteorologists—the Sun’s luminosity essentially controls land temperatures on Earth.Meteorologist: I disagree. Any professional meteorologist will tell you that in a system as complicated as that giving rise to the climate, no significant aspect can be controlled by a single variable. Stem:The rejection by the meteorologist of the statistician’s conclusion employs which one of the following techniques of argumentation? Correct Answer Choice:AChoice A:supporting a conclusion about a specific case by invoking a relevant generalization Choice B:producing a single counterexample that establishes that a generalization is false as stated Choice C:reanalyzing a correlation as reflecting the multiple effects of a single cause Choice D:rejecting a conclusion because it is a proposition that cannot be experimentally tested Choice E:pointing out that potentially unfavorable evidence has been systematically neglected