Which one of the following statements most accurately characterizes a difference between the two passages?

balde_kadija@yahoo.com on June 8, 2022

Examples of question types

What is the difference between an Error in Reasoning and a Weaken question type? They seem almost interchangeable to me...

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balde_kadija@yahoo.com on June 8, 2022

Also, what is the difference between"Strengthen" and "Must Be True" question types

Emil-Kunkin on June 10, 2022

Hi Balde,

Error in reasoning and weaken are indeed very similar. Error questions are asking us to find something incorrect that the argument does. The answer choices describe what the argument does. Weakens ask us to find an additional peice of evidence that weakens the argument. The answer choices are additional evidence, rather than descriptions of what the argument did. These two question types are indeed very similar conceptually.

Strengthen questions are very similar to weaken except we are asked to choose what additional evidence would make the argument stronger. Must be true questions ask us to find an answer choice that we can prove is true based on the statements presented.