Logical Reasoning

PT129 · S3 · Q1 Educators studied the performance

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Educators studied the performance of 200 students in a university's history classes.

Apparent Paradox

Educators studied the performance of 200 students in a university’s history classes.

They found that those students who performed the best had either part-time jobs of full-time jobs, had their history classes early in the morning, and had a very limited social life.

Whereas, the those students who performed the worst had no jobs, had their history classes early in the morning, and had a very active social life.

Evaluate

Both the best and worst performers had their classes in the morning. The differences between the groups are the extent of their social life and whether they had a job. Both activities consume time making it harder to study. So why does one group perform better than the other. It must be that lost time to work does not impede study time to the extent that an active social life does.

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the educators' findings?

  1. Correct

    The students compensated for any

    Why this is right

    This shows how work does not impede study time as much as an active social life does.

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

    88% picked this

  2. The students who had full-time

    Deepens the Paradox

    This makes it harder to understand how the students with jobs performed better than those who did not.

    2% picked this

  3. Better students tend to choose

    Applies to Both

    To explain a difference an answer cannot apply equally to both groups.

    3% picked this

  4. A larger percentage of those

    Half Scope

    This may reduce the load on those history students with jobs, but it doesn’t explain why those with jobs performed better in class than those with an active social life.

    2% picked this

  5. Although having a job tends

    Applies to Both

    This applies to both groups so it cannot explain the difference in outcomes.

    5% picked this

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