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LOGICAL:
Laird: Pure research provides us with new technologies that contribute to saving lives. Even
more worthwhile than this, however, is its role in expanding our knowledge and providing new,
unexplored ideas.
Kim: Your priorities are mistaken. Saving lives is what counts most of all. Without pure research,
medicine would not be as advanced as it is.
A) Laird and Kim disagree on whether pure research
derives its significance in part from its providing new technologies
B) expands the boundaries of our knowledge of medicine
C) should have the saving of human lives as an important goal
D) has its most valuable achievements in medical applications
E)has any value apart from its role in providing new technologies to save lives -
ANSWER Correct Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Medium
This question asks you to identify the point on which Laird and Kim disagree with respect to
pure research. Laird identifies two contributions of pure research: its medical applications
("technologies that contribute to saving lives") and its role in expanding knowledge and
providing new ideas. Of these, Laird considers the second contribution to be more worthwhile.
Kim, on the other hand, maintains that "Saving lives is what counts most of all." Since pure
research saves lives through medical applications, Kim disagrees with Laird about whether
,pure research has its most valuable achievements in medical applications. The correct
response, therefore, is (D).
Response (A) is incorrect since we can determine, based on their statements, that Laird and
Kim agree that pure research "derives its significance in part from its providing new
technologies." Laird explicitly cites the value of pure research with respect to providing new
technologies. Kim indicates agreement with (A), at least in the case of medical technologies, by
asserting that "Without pure research, medicine would not be as advanced as it is."
Response (B) is incorrect since we can determine, based on their statements, that Laird and
Kim would likely agree that pure research "expands the boundaries of our knowledge of
medicine." Laird notes that pure research provides us with new technologies that have medical
applications. Kim points out that "Without pure research, medicine would not be as advanced
as it is."
Response (C) is incorrect. Kim indicates agreement that pure research "should have the saving
of human lives as an important goal" since Kim's position is that "Saving lives is what counts
most of all." Since Laird cites the saving of lives as one way in which pure research is worthwhile
or valuable, Laird
LOGICAL:
Executive: We recently ran a set of advertisements in the print version of a travel magazine and
on that magazine's website. We were unable to get any direct information about consumer
response to the print ads. However, we found that consumer response to the ads on the
website was much more limited than is typical for website ads. We concluded that consumer
response to the print ads was probably below par as well.
The executive's reasoning does which one of the following?
A) bases a prediction of the intensity of a phenomenon on information about the intensity of
that phenomenon's cause
, B) uses information about the typical frequency of events of a general kind to draw a
conclusion about the probability of a particular event of that kind
C) infers a statistical generalization from claims about a large number of specific instances
D) uses a case in which direct evidence is available to draw a conclusio - ANSWER Correct
Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Easy
This question asks you to identify how the executive's reasoning proceeds. The ads discussed
by the executive appeared in two places—in a magazine and on the magazine's website. Some
information is available concerning the effect of the website ads on consumers, but no
consumer response information is available about the print ads. The executive's remarks
suggest that the ads that appeared in print and on the website were basically the same, or very
similar. The executive reasoned that information about the effect of the website ads could be
used as evidence for an inference about how the print ads likely performed. The executive thus
used the analogy between the print ads and the website ads to infer something about the print
ads. (D), therefore, is the correct response.
Response (A) is incorrect. The executive's conclusion about the likely consumer response to the
print ads does not constitute a prediction, but rather a judgment about events that have
already transpired. Moreover, the executive's conclusion is not based on any reasoning about
the cause of the consumer response to the print ads.
Response (B) is incorrect. The executive does conclude that certain events are likely to have
transpired on the basis of what was known to have transpired in a similar case, but no
distinction can be made in the executive's argument between events of a general kind and a
particular event of that kind. There are two types of event in play in the executive's argument
and they are of the same level of generality—the response to the website ads and the response
to the print ads.
Response (C) is incorrect. The executive does not infer a statistical generalization, which would
involve generalizing about a population on the basis of a statistical sample. The executive
merely draws a conclu
CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST
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LOGICAL:
Laird: Pure research provides us with new technologies that contribute to saving lives. Even
more worthwhile than this, however, is its role in expanding our knowledge and providing new,
unexplored ideas.
Kim: Your priorities are mistaken. Saving lives is what counts most of all. Without pure research,
medicine would not be as advanced as it is.
A) Laird and Kim disagree on whether pure research
derives its significance in part from its providing new technologies
B) expands the boundaries of our knowledge of medicine
C) should have the saving of human lives as an important goal
D) has its most valuable achievements in medical applications
E)has any value apart from its role in providing new technologies to save lives -
ANSWER Correct Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Medium
This question asks you to identify the point on which Laird and Kim disagree with respect to
pure research. Laird identifies two contributions of pure research: its medical applications
("technologies that contribute to saving lives") and its role in expanding knowledge and
providing new ideas. Of these, Laird considers the second contribution to be more worthwhile.
Kim, on the other hand, maintains that "Saving lives is what counts most of all." Since pure
research saves lives through medical applications, Kim disagrees with Laird about whether
,pure research has its most valuable achievements in medical applications. The correct
response, therefore, is (D).
Response (A) is incorrect since we can determine, based on their statements, that Laird and
Kim agree that pure research "derives its significance in part from its providing new
technologies." Laird explicitly cites the value of pure research with respect to providing new
technologies. Kim indicates agreement with (A), at least in the case of medical technologies, by
asserting that "Without pure research, medicine would not be as advanced as it is."
Response (B) is incorrect since we can determine, based on their statements, that Laird and
Kim would likely agree that pure research "expands the boundaries of our knowledge of
medicine." Laird notes that pure research provides us with new technologies that have medical
applications. Kim points out that "Without pure research, medicine would not be as advanced
as it is."
Response (C) is incorrect. Kim indicates agreement that pure research "should have the saving
of human lives as an important goal" since Kim's position is that "Saving lives is what counts
most of all." Since Laird cites the saving of lives as one way in which pure research is worthwhile
or valuable, Laird
LOGICAL:
Executive: We recently ran a set of advertisements in the print version of a travel magazine and
on that magazine's website. We were unable to get any direct information about consumer
response to the print ads. However, we found that consumer response to the ads on the
website was much more limited than is typical for website ads. We concluded that consumer
response to the print ads was probably below par as well.
The executive's reasoning does which one of the following?
A) bases a prediction of the intensity of a phenomenon on information about the intensity of
that phenomenon's cause
, B) uses information about the typical frequency of events of a general kind to draw a
conclusion about the probability of a particular event of that kind
C) infers a statistical generalization from claims about a large number of specific instances
D) uses a case in which direct evidence is available to draw a conclusio - ANSWER Correct
Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Easy
This question asks you to identify how the executive's reasoning proceeds. The ads discussed
by the executive appeared in two places—in a magazine and on the magazine's website. Some
information is available concerning the effect of the website ads on consumers, but no
consumer response information is available about the print ads. The executive's remarks
suggest that the ads that appeared in print and on the website were basically the same, or very
similar. The executive reasoned that information about the effect of the website ads could be
used as evidence for an inference about how the print ads likely performed. The executive thus
used the analogy between the print ads and the website ads to infer something about the print
ads. (D), therefore, is the correct response.
Response (A) is incorrect. The executive's conclusion about the likely consumer response to the
print ads does not constitute a prediction, but rather a judgment about events that have
already transpired. Moreover, the executive's conclusion is not based on any reasoning about
the cause of the consumer response to the print ads.
Response (B) is incorrect. The executive does conclude that certain events are likely to have
transpired on the basis of what was known to have transpired in a similar case, but no
distinction can be made in the executive's argument between events of a general kind and a
particular event of that kind. There are two types of event in play in the executive's argument
and they are of the same level of generality—the response to the website ads and the response
to the print ads.
Response (C) is incorrect. The executive does not infer a statistical generalization, which would
involve generalizing about a population on the basis of a statistical sample. The executive
merely draws a conclu
