Which one of the following statements most accurately characterizes a difference between the two passages?
Dromanon April 12, 2021
True and False questions
I believe I am getting confused on the notes from the flashcards and I was wondering a way to be better at identifying the difference between the correct and incorrect terms for true and false questions?
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Did you ever figure this out? His examples in the videos show that we should be converting T --> F and F --> T but some of the flash card answers are not converting. It adds lots of confusion to the entire point of this exercise.
Leonardon January 17, 2022
I have the same issue, has anyone solved this or can provide an explanation?
Abigailon January 24, 2022
Hello @droman, @salianoelle and anonymous,
To answer @droman's question, the correct answer vis-à-vis the incorrect answers are the logical opposites. I agree that they are not at all intuitive and can be tricky at first. I recommend first trying to gain a conceptual understanding of them. For example, try thinking about what could be the nature of something that is not "could be true" (i.e., if something isn't could be true, then it can't be true, so it's "cannot be true"). If that isn't helping, I recommend either memorizing them or posting them near your study space for quick reference until they become habitual.
To answer @salianoelle, I just answered this is another post. Here is my response for reference. "I have just reviewed the flash cards and I can't find any that failed to convert from false to true. If the question stem is already using "true" (as opposed to "false") language, then there is no need to convert. For example, if the question stem asks "If all the statements in the passage are true, which of the following CANNOT be true?,:" then in your head you should be looking for the correct answer "Cannot be True" and the incorrect answers "Could be True." We do these conversions because most people have an easier time dealing with/thinking in "true" language. But, the conversions in the opposite direction are completely valid as well. For example, we could translate the above "Cannot be True" example as "Must be False," (i.e., correct answer: must be False, incorrect answers: not necessarily true). The point of the exercise was to show you that the conversions both ways are possible and to get you to understand the equivalences between "true" and "false" language question stems as well as their logical opposites. If you have an easier time thinking in "false" language, you don't need to convert those to "true" language. What is important, is that you understand that they are equivalents and that you can convert."
I hope this clears that up. Feel free to follow-up if that is still not clear.
