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Use the excerpt from the “How Nellie Bly went undercover to expose abuse of the mentally ill” article to answer the question.
Which of the following would be an invalid inference to make about this excerpt?
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Responses
The mentally insane were considered a danger to society.
The mentally insane were considered a danger to society.
Only someone who was medically qualified could declare someone mentally insane.
Only someone who was medically qualified could declare someone mentally insane.
People found it important to give the mentally insane a safe place to live.
People found it important to give the mentally insane a safe place to live.
People considered the mentally insane to be unable to determine their own status.
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"Only someone who was medically qualified could declare someone mentally insane."
This is invalid because the excerpt shows (or implies) that people who were not medically qualified — relatives, attendants, or officials — could have someone labelled or committed as insane; the passage does not support the stricter claim that only medically qualified people could make that declaration.
This is invalid because the excerpt shows (or implies) that people who were not medically qualified — relatives, attendants, or officials — could have someone labelled or committed as insane; the passage does not support the stricter claim that only medically qualified people could make that declaration.
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