Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT138 S2 Q22 Explanation

Astrologer: Although some scientists

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Stimulus

Astrologer: Although some scientists have claimed that there is no correlation between people's astrological signs and their personality types, this claim is scientifically unjustified. Since science does not have precise criteria for distinguishing one personality type from another, scientific correlation between personality type and any other phenomenon.

What this question is testing

Role

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
22.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the astrologer's argument by the statement that scientific studies cannot be used to disprove a correlation

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Role13% picked this

    It is a claim offered as support for a conclusion that is in turn offered as support for the overall

    This incorrectly suggests the claim serves as a premise for an intermediate conclusion.

  2. Correct73% picked this

    It is a conclusion for which support is offered and that in turn is offered as support for the overall

    Why this is right

    This correctly describes the role of the claim as an intermediate conclusion.

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

  3. Wrong Role8% picked this

    It is the overall conclusion drawn in

    This incorrectly suggests the claim serves as the argument’s main conclusion.

  4. Wrong Role4% picked this

    It summarizes a position that the argument as a whole is

    This incorrectly suggests the claim serves as an opposing point.

  5. Contradiction3% picked this

    It provides a specific instance of the general principle that the argument as a whole

    The claim is a generalization and does not represent a specific instance of a generalization.

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