Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q1 Of all the surgeons practicing

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Of all the surgeons practicing at the city hospital, the chief surgeon has the worst record in terms of the percentage of his patients who die either during or immediately following an operation performed by him.

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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Which one of the following, if true, goes farthest toward showing that the administrators’ claim and the statistic cited might both be correct?

  1. Since the hospital administrators appoint

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. In appointing the current chief

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Some of the younger surgeons

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. Correct

    At the city hospital those

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    95% picked this

  5. The current chief surgeon has

    Trap

    1% picked this

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