Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT12 S1 Q26 Explanation

Science Academy study: It has

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Stimulus

Science Academy study: It has been demonstrated that with natural methods, some well-managed farms are able to reduce the amounts of synthetic fertilizer and pesticide and also of antibiotics they use cases yields can be increased.

Critics: Not so. The farms the academy selected to study were the ones that seemed most likely to be successful in using natural methods. What about such methods and failed?

What this question is testing

Evaluate

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
26.

Which one of the following is the most adequate evaluation of the logical force of

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Success and failure in farming are rarely due only to luck, because farming is the

  2. Trap7% picked this

    The critics show that the result of the study would have been different if twice as many

  3. Trap2% picked this

    The critics assume without justification that the failures were not due

  4. Trap15% picked this

    The critics demonstrate that natural methods are not suitable for the

  5. Correct70% picked this

    The issue is only to show that something is possible, so it is not relevant whether the

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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