Lorraine, the HR manager at BGH Garden Pot Manufacturing, analyzes the problem of increasing employee turnover and concludes that upgrading the employee benefit programs would help control the situation. While preparing her report, Lorraine states that upgrading the company's employee benefit program would reduce employee turnover because a nearby large investment firm used the same strategy to solve a similar problem. However Lorraine's message failed to convince the decision makers at BGH. Which of the following is most likely to be the reason behind this failure?
A) slanting of facts
B) exaggeration
C) unsupported generalization
D) weak analogy
E) faulty cause/effect argument

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The reasoning used by Lorraine is based on a weak analogy between BGH Garden Pot Manufacturing and a nearby large investment firm. Just because upgrading employee benefits worked for the investment firm, it does not necessarily mean it will have the same effect at BGH. Therefore, the decision makers at BGH were likely skeptical of this reasoning and did not find it convincing enough to implement the suggested solution.

Lorraine, the HR Manager at BGH Garden Pot Manufacturing, Analyzes