Politician: Those economists who claim that consumer price increases have averaged less than 3 percent over the last year are mistaken. They clearly have not shopped anywhere recently. Gasoline is up 10 percent over the last year; my auto insurance, 12 percent; newspapers, 15 percent; propane, 13 percent; bread, 50 percent. The reasoning in the politician's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
A: attempts to persuade by making an emotional appeal
B: fails to show that the economists mentioned are not experts in the area of consumer prices
C: uses evidence drawn from a small sample that may well be unrepresentative
D: impugns the character of the economists rather than addressing their arguments
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
C