Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT127 S1 Q10 Explanation

Prediction, the hallmark of the

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Stimulus

Prediction, the hallmark of the natural sciences, appears to have been made possible by reducing phenomena to mathematical expressions. Some social scientists also want the power to predict accurately and assume they ought to perform the same reduction. But this would be a mistake; mathematized and thereby would only distort the social phenomena.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
10.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of

Answer choices

  1. Trap8% picked this

    The social sciences do not have as much predictive power as

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Mathematics plays a more important role in the natural sciences than it does in

  3. Trap2% picked this

    There is a need in the social sciences to improve the

  4. Correct87% picked this

    Phenomena in the social sciences should not be reduced to

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap0% picked this

    Prediction is responsible for the success of the

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