Some people mistakenly believe

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct58% picked this

   Astronomers often draw inferences about the earlier years of our solar system on the basis of recently collected data. Unfortunately, they have been able

   Why this is right

   The astronomers are looking at the past by looking at recently collected data and the further in the past they look the less useful is their recently collected data.

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

   58%
2. B

   Wrong Relationship9% picked this

   Much can be learned about the perpetrator of a crime by applying scientific methods of investigation to the crime scene. But the more the

   While this answer does have a relative comparison in the second part, this relationship doesn’t show a change based on how far back in time the investigators look, but rather a change based on how long the investigators have been looking.

   9%
3. C

   Wrong Relationship28% picked this

   To understand a literary text one needs to understand the author's world view. However, the farther that world view gets from one's own the

   While this answer does have a relative comparison in the second part, the first relationship is a requirement of understanding a literary text. It should have contained a relationship about learning about the past from the present.

   28%
4. D

   Wrong Relationship3% picked this

   We often extrapolate from ordinary sensory experience to things beyond such experience and form a rash judgment, such as the claim that the earth

   This passage does not contain a diminishing relative relationship (e.g., the more of X the less of Y).

   3%
5. E

   Wrong Relationship2% picked this

   One crucial clue to the extent of the ancient Egyptians' mathematical knowledge came from studying the pyramids. The more we studied such structures, the

   This passage does not contain a diminishing relative relationship (e.g., the more of X the less of Y).

   2%