For years scientists have been scanning the skies in the hope of finding life on other planets. But in spite of the ...
gharibiannickMarch 13, 2020
Determining
what approach does the reader take to eliminate the answer choices that have the words "should" and "justified" in them?
how do we know we should do this? is this an approach for every question type ?
thank you
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For answer choices that have "should" or "justified" in them, we would need to see similar language in the stimulus. For (B), which has "should" in it, there isn't anything in the stimulus about how sophisticated scientists' equipment should be. All we know is that no matter how sophisticated it gets, it isn't going to help to find aliens.
For (D), which has "justified" in it, there also isn't anything in the stimulus about whether or not a continued search is justified, so we can eliminate it.
In short, for answer choices that have strong prescriptive language, we need concrete evidence in the stimulus in order for us to choose them.
Does that make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!
gharibiannickMarch 17, 2020
yes, the similar strength needs to be carried out both in stimulus and answer choices. That helps. Thanks
RaviMarch 17, 2020
@gharibiannick, you're welcome! Let us know if you have any other questions!
SheclyiaMarch 21, 2022
This explanation about D helped a lot. Great question and feed back.
