Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT15 S3 Q16 Explanation

Dr. Godfrey: Now that high school

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Stimulus

Dr. Godfrey: Now that high school students are allowed to work more than 15 hours per week at part‐time jobs, those who actually do so show less interest in school and get lower grades than those who do not work as many hours at part‐time jobs. Obviously, working long hours at academic problems that many of our high school students experience.

Dr. Nash: That's not so. Many of our high school students set out to earn as much money as they can simply lack of academic success.

What this question is testing

Evaluate

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
16.

The answer to which one of the following would be the most helpful in determining whether the conclusion that Dr. Godfrey draws could be logically

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    whether people who have had academic problems in high school are ultimately less successful in their careers than people who

  2. Trap1% picked this

    whether students are allowed to spend more than 15 hours per week at school-sponsored nonacademic extracurricular activities such

  3. Correct90% picked this

    whether the students who work more than 15 hours per week and have academic problems had such problems before they began

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap0% picked this

    whether employers and high school students typically obey all the laws that regulate the conditions under which young

  5. Trap2% picked this

    whether high school students who have after-school jobs continue to work at those jobs after

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