A group of 5, 000 undergraduate students was randomly selected from three universities in a large state and asked the question, "Do you plan to attain your master' s degree eventually? " More than 82 percent answered "Yes. " This shows that the overwhelming majority of students want to attain their master' s degree, and that if the national number of students earning a master' s degree is low, it cannot be due to a lack of desire on the part of the students. The reasoning of the argument above is questionable because it ["contradicts itself by admitting that there might be a low number of students earning master's degrees, while claiming that most students want to acquire such a degree", "overlooks the possibility that there might, in fact, be a majority of students who will eventually earn a master's degree", 'treats university students from a particular state as if they are representative of university students nationwide', 'fails to justify its presumption that 82 percent is an overwhelming majority']