Logical Reasoning

PT132 · S4 · Q24 In a recent study of arthritis

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In a recent study of arthritis, researchers tried but failed to find any correlation between pain intensity and any of those features of the weather—humidity, temperature swings, barometric pressure—usually cited by arthritis sufferers as the cause of their increased pain.

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In a recent study of arthritis, researchers tried but failed to find any correlation between pain intensity and any of those features of the weather—humidity, temperature swings, barometric pressure—usually cited by arthritis sufferers as the cause of their increased pain.

Those arthritis sufferers in the study who were convinced of the existence of such a correlation gave widely varying accounts of the time delay between the occurrence of what they believed to be the relevant feature of the weather and the increased intensity of the pain.

Thus, this study _______ .

24.

Of the following, which one most logically completes the argument?

  1. indicates that the weather affects

    Contradiction

    The first statements indicates that researchers couldn’t find any correlation between weather and arthritis pain.

    5% picked this

  2. indicates that arthritis sufferers' beliefs

    Unsupported Relationship

    The statements do not indicate that beliefs are affecting their assessment of the intensity of that pain.

    46% picked this

  3. Correct

    suggests that arthritis sufferers are

    Why this is right

    Arthritis sufferers assert that there is a correlation between some features of weather and the intensity of their pain (second statement). But researchers tried and failed to find such a correlation (first statement).

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

    45% picked this

  4. suggests that some people are

    Unsupported Comparison

    This relationship appears to combine the first and second statement, but applies negated logic to the first statement.

    2% picked this

  5. suggests that the scientific investigation

    Contradiction

    There was a scientific investigation of possible links between weather and arthritis pain.

    2% picked this

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