Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT10 S4 Q5 Explanation

When girls are educated

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

When girls are educated in single-sex secondary schools, they tend to do better academically than girls who attend mixed-sex schools. Since Alice achieved higher grades than any other woman in her first probably educated at a single-sex school.

What this question is testing

Parallel Flaw

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
5.

Which one of the following most closely parallels the flawed reasoning used in

Answer choices

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    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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