Section: Verbal

46) Most consumers do not get much use out of the sports equipment they purchase. For example, seventeen percent of adults in the United States own jogging shoes, but only forty-five percent of the owners jog more than once a year, and only seventeen percent jog more than once a week.

Which of the following, if true casts most doubt on the claim that most consumers get little use out of the sports equipment they purchase?

1. Many consumers purchase jogging shoes for use in activities other than jogging.
2. Joggers who jog more than once a week are often active participants in other sports as well.
3. Consumers who take up jogging often purchase an athletic shoe that can be used in other sports.
4. Joggers are most susceptible to sports injuries during the first six months in which they jog.
5. Joggers often exaggerate the frequency with which they jog in surveys designed to elicit such information.
6. No Answer Selected

The claim that most consumers do not get much use out of the sports equipment they purchase is supported by the infrequency with which jogging shoes are used for jogging. This reasoning overlooks the possibility that jogging shoes are used for other purposes.