Packaging is vital to a product’s

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: more important3% picked this

   Proper product packaging is more important than the quality of

   We know that packing is important, even vital to a product's success. But the quality of the product might also be vital. Your LSAT score and your GPA are both vital to your likelihood of getting into top 10 law schools. We have no way of supporting that packaging is more important than quality.

   3%
2. B

   Too Strong: generally Illegal Negation11% picked this

   Products generally succeed in the market if they are packaged in a manner that accurately

   We definitely can say that "when products aren't packaged in manner that accurately reflects (customer expectations), then it can cause the product to struggle". But we can't negate that into this strong idea that, "When products are packaged in an accurate manner, then more than 50% of the time they succeed."

   11%
3. C

   Too Strong: unless2% picked this

   Changing the packaging of a product will not improve the product’s sales unless the product

   This is even harsher language than (B). It says, "if the product itself doesn't change, then changing the packaging will never improve sales". Not only is that way stronger than anything we can derive, it also seems somewhat undermined by the fact that are being told that packaging does seem to play some causal role in commercial success.

   2%
4. D

   Correct68% picked this

   To succeed in the market, a new product should not be packaged in a way that creates expectations

   Why this is right

   This best reinforces the Causal Difference-Maker that the passage spelled out: The new drink was not bought by customers mainly because the new drink was packaged in a way that created unsatisfied expectations. A pretty safe re-wording of that connection is, "to succeed in having customers buy your new product, you shouldn't package it in a way that creates unsatisfied expectations". If we were told that, "Yale throws away many applications mainly because there are too many grammatical errors in the applicant's personal statements", it's fair to say, "To have a successful application to Yale law school, you should not have many grammatical errors in your personal statement".

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

   68%
5. E

   Too Strong: will16% picked this

   An improved version of an existing product will sell better than the earlier version unless the improved version is

   The strength of this comes with total certainty. It's a stronger version of (B). "If an improved version of a product is not packaged like the earlier one, then the improved version of the product will always sell better than the earlier version." We were told that "when the new version was packaged like the old version (which caused unsatisfied expectations, customers didn't buy it". This is negating that idea and taking it to an extreme. "If the new version isn't packaged like the old version, then customers will buy it even more than before!"

   16%