Reviewer: Almost all books

Answer choices

1. A

   Premise Support Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   Advice books rarely take the perspective of their

   The evidence already states that books offering management advice aren't written from the perspective that most managers have. This answer just expands on that idea, describing it as a common feature of advice books. This answer doesn't connect the evidence to the claim in the conclusion that these types of books are of limited use to managers.

   2%
2. B

   Opposite (if anything) Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Most people who read management advice books aspire to

   If anything, this answer could support the idea that the advice offered in management books might be quite useful for managers. The books aren't written from a managers perspective, but they could still be very useful in helping managers achieve their future career goals. If we view the answer from this perspective then it weakens the argument, which is the opposite of what we're trying to do.

   1%
3. C

   Opposite (if anything) Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Almost all CEOs have experience as lower

   If anything, this answer could support the idea that the advice offered in management books might be quite useful for managers: even though the books are written from a CEOs perspective, this answer suggests that most CEOs have also experienced a manager's perspective. If we view the answer from this perspective then it weakens the argument, which is the opposite of what we're trying to do.

   1%
4. D

   Correct93% picked this

   Advice is of limited use unless it is offered from the perspective

   Why this is right

   ~recipient's perspective → of limited use The word "unless" is a conditional logic indicator that translates to "if not." We can reword this answer as "if advice is not offered from the perspective of the recipient then it is of limited use." This applies to our argument, where the managers are the intended recipients. This answer connects the evidence in the argument to the conclusion.

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

   93%
5. E

   Out of Scope3% picked this

   Most managers prefer to read books that they think will be useful to them

   Neither the evidence nor the conclusion involves managers' preferred reading material. What they "prefer" to read is beyond the scope of this argument. What managers "think" will be useful is similarly outside the scope of the argument, since the conclusion is strictly a claim about how useful advice will actually be.

   3%