Paulo survived a car crash without any major injury while not wearing a seatbelt. If he uses this example to prove that seatbelts are not needed, he has failed to test his evidence for

a) consistency.
b) relevancy.
c) recency.
d) credibility.
e) interest.

ANS: a

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