Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT151 S2 Q8 ExplanationNormally, political candidates send out

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Stimulus

Normally, political candidates send out campaign material in order to influence popular opinion. But the recent ads for Ebsen’s campaign were sent to too few households to serve this purpose effectively. The ads were evidently sent out to test their potential to influence popular opinion. They covered a wide heavily on follow-up to gauge their effect on recipients.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
8.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in

Answer choices, explained

  1. Wrong Ingredient2% picked this

    Normally, political candidates send out campaign material to influence

    This is the 1st sentence (background). We want the 3rd.

  2. Wrong Ingredient44% picked this

    The recent ads for Ebsen’s campaign were sent to too few households to influence

    This is the 2nd sentence (a premise that rules out a potential objection). We want the 3rd sentence.

  3. Correct53% picked this

    The recent ads for Ebsen’s campaign were sent out to test their potential to

    Why this is right

    Yay, the 3rd sentence.

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

  4. Wrong Ingredient0% picked this

    The recent ads for Ebsen’s campaign covered a wide variety

    This is half of the last sentence (support for the Conclusion), but we wanted the 3rd sentence.

  5. Wrong Ingredient1% picked this

    Ebsen’s campaign has been spending heavily on follow-up surveys to gauge the ads’

    This is half of the last sentence (support for the Conclusion), but we wanted the 3rd sentence.

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