Letter to the editor: After Baerton’s

Answer choices

1. A

   Weakens8% picked this

   Workers cannot file for compensation for many job-related injuries, such as hearing loss from factory noise, until they

   This provides a legitimate reason for increased claims after the job ends and is contrary to the conclusion that claims are undeserving.

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2. B

   Weakens7% picked this

   In the years before the factory closed, the factory’s managers dismissed several employees who had

   This also presents an alternate explanation for why people waited until after the factory had closed to present their injury claims. This implies a discouraging environment for filing claims during employment, justifying an increase in post-closure filing.

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3. C

   Correct70% picked this

   Most workers who receive an injury on the job file for compensation on the day

   Why this is right

   This actually strengthens. It makes it more plausible that the author is correct, that a bunch of these post-factory injury claims are bogus. After all, most legitimate injury claims are filed the same day as the injury, but clearly if you file a claim after the factory has closed, then you're not filing on the same day as the injury.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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4. D

   Weakens7% picked this

   Workers who incur partial disabilities due to injuries on the job often do not file for compensation because they would have to stop working

   This provides an alternate explanation for why people with legitimate injury claims waited until after the factory closed. They couldn't afford to file those claims while they had the job. This suggests that once unemployed, these workers might finally seek compensation, offering a fair explanation for the claim increase.

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5. E

   Weakens7% picked this

   Workers who are aware that they will soon be laid off from a job often become depressed, making them

   This provides an explanation for how people could have legitimate injury claims after the factory closed. The closing of the factory actually led to a lot of job-related injuries, via the intermediate factor of depression. Whereas the other three weakening answers presented reasons why people with a legitimate injury would wait until after the factory closed to file, this answer provides a story where there's a big uptick in legitimate injuries right as the factory is closing. (on EXCEPT questions, it's very typical for three of the functional answers to do it one way, and the fourth functional answer to do it from a different angle, as this answer does).

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