Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S1 · Q22 There is a widespread belief

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There is a widespread belief that people can predict impending earthquakes from unusual animal behavior.

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.

22.

Clarification of which one of the following issues would be most important to an evaluation of the skeptics’ position?

  1. Which is larger, the number

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  2. Are there means other than

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  3. Are there animals about whose

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  4. Are the sorts of behavior

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  5. Correct

    Is the animal behavior supposedly

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    72% picked this

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