Logical Reasoning

PT145 · S4 · Q3 Researchers have found that

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Researchers have found that the percentage of people who start new businesses is much higher in countries with high per capita income than in countries with moderate per capita income.

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.

3.

Which one of the following, if true, would most help to explain the researchers' surprising finding?

  1. In both high-and low-income countries,

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Many governments of high-income countries

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. The percentage of new businesses

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    2% picked this

  4. In high-income countries, many entrepreneurs

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    2% picked this

  5. Correct

    In low-income countries, most entrepreneurs

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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