Logical Reasoning

PT6 · S2 · Q3 All students at Pitcombe College

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All students at Pitcombe College were asked to label themselves conservative, liberal, or middle-of-the- road politically.

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.

If all of the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?

  1. All students who labeled themselves

    Too Strong: all

    It's certainly possible that some of the liberals identified with the non-liberal position on the certain set of issues.

    6% picked this

  2. More students who labeled themselves

    Unsupported Comparison

    It's certainly possible that more liberals than moderates identified with the non-liberal position on the certain set of issues.

    4% picked this

  3. The majority of students who

    Too Strong: all

    It's possible that less than half of the moderates identified with the non-liberal position on the certain set of issues.

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    Some students who labeled themselves

    Why this is right

    It's impossible for all the conservatives to have picked the non-liberal position on the set of issues, because 25% of the students are conservative but only only 23% picked the non-liberal position. So there has to be some "overflow"; there have to be some conservatives who picked the liberal position.

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

    85% picked this

  5. Some students who labeled themselves

    Unsupported Distinction

    It's possible that all of the liberals identified with the liberal position on the certain set of issues.

    1% picked this

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