Economist: The economy seems to be heading out of recession. Recent figures show that consumers are buying more dur...
CWhiteNovember 17, 2020
No explanation for incorrect responses
I noticed a few other message board entries asking this but I will reiterate, for the incorrect choices there is no explanation as to why they are incorrect. Can someone please add this. I would like to know what makes each answer incorrect so I can see where I went wrong.
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That's what message boards are for, and we're happy to help you! Do you have a particular question in mind? Just let me know and I can' write out an explanation for you.
Hope this helps, Andrea
AndreaKNovember 18, 2020
Hi @CWhite,
For this question, that line is evidence that the Economist claims indicates that the economy will grow in the near future, and thus move out of a recession. Because that line in question serves as an indication or evidence of expected economic growth, that supports a conclusion about seeming to head out of a recession.
Here are the explanations for the wrong answers below:
A) When an argument seeks to explain something, that thing being explained is often the conclusion. Evidence supports or explains the reasoning for a conclusion. This line is not the thing that is explained, but the thing that does the explaining.
B) This is not a necessary condition to our conclusion. The economy's trajectory out of a recession may be affected by other means.
C) The recession seeming to be ending is the conclusion the argument is seeking to support, not a premise. Your evidence is also not an inference that is drawn.
D) Again, the line in question serves to show that consumers expect economic growth in the near future. It's not an inference drawn but rather an explicitly stated portion of the evidence.
