Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT132 S4 Q24 Explanation

In a recent study of arthritis

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Stimulus

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 the weather and the increased intensity of the pain. Thus, this study _______ .

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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
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Of the following, which one most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Contradiction5% picked this

    indicates that the weather affects some arthritis sufferers more quickly than it does

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

  2. Unsupported Relationship45% picked this

    indicates that arthritis sufferers' beliefs about the causes of the pain they feel may affect their assessment of

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

  3. Correct45% picked this

    suggests that arthritis sufferers are imagining the correlation they assert

    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.

  4. Unsupported Comparison3% picked this

    suggests that some people are more susceptible to weather-induced arthritis pain

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

  5. Contradiction3% picked this

    suggests that the scientific investigation of possible links between weather and arthritis

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

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