Strengthen with Necessary Premise Questions - - Question 15
The more television children watch, the less competent they are in mathematical knowledge. More than a third of child...
CANJune 26, 2021
Ruling out C and D
I just want to see if my logic for ruling out C and D is right, or if it will get me in trouble on other questions. I ruled both of these out for a few reasons, but mainly because they were talking about children in general and not ones in South Korea vs. United States, so they seemed to broad right from the start. Is this an okay way of eliminating these types of answer choices, or will that lead to other problems down the road?
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I am always hesitant to generalize about any sort of answer-selecting strategy as every question is unique and context-dependent. I think, as a general rule, it is okay to eliminate answer choices that are too broad, but make sure that you have a full understanding of what the answer choice is saying before you do.
For example, an answer choice discussing children in general could be correct here if it provided us with an alternate explanation relating to the relationship between watching television and competency in math.
Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any further questions.
OsiloFebruary 9, 2022
Hello, please explain why E is the right answer. How does it eliminate an alternative cause.
Thanks
RaviFebruary 9, 2022
If you negate E, it says that the instruction in advanced measurement and geometric concepts available to children in the United States is substantially worse than that available to South Korea children.
If we think about this, E's negation really wrecks the argument, as maybe it's the worse instruction that's contributing to the deficiency. E in its original form must be true if this argument is to stand any chance of making sense.
