Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT125 S4 Q20 Explanation

TV meteorologist: Our station's

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TV meteorologist: Our station's weather forecasts are more useful and reliable than those of the most popular news station in the area. After all, the most important question for viewers in this area is whether it will rain, and on most of the occasions when we have forecast rain same cannot be said for either of our competitors.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
20.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the

Answer choices

  1. Correct58% picked this

    The meteorologist's station forecast rain more often than did the most popular news station

    Why this is right

    This makes it much harder for the other stations to catch up to the meteorologist’s station and so more likely that the meteorologist’s station is the most useful and reliable.

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

  2. Out of Scope5% picked this

    The less popular of the competing stations does not employ any

    The conclusion is that the meteorologist’s station is more useful and reliable than the most popular news station in the area. The less popular station in the area is not relevant to the comparison.

  3. Out of Scope9% picked this

    The most popular news station in the area is popular because of its

    The argument’s conclusion is about the usefulness and reliability of the weather forecasts. So other popular aspects of the news stations are not relevant.

  4. Weaken16% picked this

    The meteorologist's station has a policy of not making weather forecasts more than three

    This might make the forecasts of the meteorologist’s station less useful.

  5. Too Weak12% picked this

    On most of the occasions when the meteorologist's station forecast that it would not rain, at least one of its competitors also

    This does not indicate whether the meteorologist’s station or the most popular station was more accurate when they forecast that it would not rain.

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