Not sure why I didn't go with my gut the first time and chose C. C didn't even make sense when I looked at if after choosing it. What is wrong with me!?
Why would A be right if the people thought his performance was poor but the stimulus says that people judged that his performance was excellent???? I am so confused my brain hurts.
almost half (guilty)= 48% (not explicitly, but let's assume)
If almost all of the people who thought he was guilty were already prejudiced against him, then it stands to reason that his satisfaction score wouldn't be affected
I can definitely tell I'm fatigued and should call it a night lol.
I debunked B-E and forgot there was an A and had no idea what to pick. During blind review, I don't even know why I skipped A either lmao. Ugh I definitely could have gotten it right I believe!
This doesn't make sense to me. Not even a little bit.
Why would we care what the people who already thought he was poor thought after the fact? Of course we didn't expect those people's views to change.
What should matter is what the people who thought positively thought and whether their opinions changed or not. The stimulus obviously doesn't expect us to believe someone had an ethics violation and public opinion would improve, do they? Of course not. So, why is the answer focused on the opinion of others whose opinion clearly would not change?
i understand why the answer I picked (C) is wrong and A is correct. However, I'm worried that in the future, I still would not get a question like this correct.
Can "almost half" mean a little above half? The lesson states this could mean 49% or 47%, but is it possible for it to mean 51%? Or would that be incorrect?
the lessons on intersecting sets helped me a lot with this question. my immediate thought reading the stimulus was that there is probably no intersection between those who thought he had committed ethics violations and those who believed his performance was good or excellent.
Answer A requires some absurd assumptions but it truly is a best of the worst kinda answer. We have to assume that just because one does not believe Walker is guilty they will not adjust their rankings of Walker. Making assumptions like these always throw me for the loop when in most other areas of the exam assumptions lead to getting answers wrong LOL
I dont get A. Wouldnt we want to be looking more into the 52% that hasnt changed? Not the 47% that already felt a certain way. Because if the 52% stayed the same before and after the ethics violation, we would want to explain why they stood strong in their thoughts. I dont think we need to explain how 45% of the 47% just had their beliefs reinforced. The phenomena is that the 52% didnt change.
Coming back to these questions a few hours later really helped me understand why my answers were initially wrong. Really paints a clearer picture as to what small mistakes I was making earlier.
My reason for choosing E: The people who support him could acknowledge that Walker violated the law, unfortunately, by way of the honest mistakes of his staff members. They believe he is guilty according to the law, but because this guilt was through the fault of someone else, that he is still "good". Does this not help explain the phenomenon?
My theory is holding true, difficulty is more about placement on the test than content. This question came from section 2 question 26 is a level 5. It seems like the difficulty is relying on you being in a rush and missing the fact that it was the same people polled, and the 'almost' in the first sentence. I bet if this was the first question people would take the time to read it and it would be a 3.
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over it
in no world is 52% considered "almost all" -- this is a very poor question. Should have said "majority", not almost all
U lost me with math
Not sure why I didn't go with my gut the first time and chose C. C didn't even make sense when I looked at if after choosing it. What is wrong with me!?
meh... imma just... get this one wrong i guess then
Why would A be right if the people thought his performance was poor but the stimulus says that people judged that his performance was excellent???? I am so confused my brain hurts.
THAT'S A TRICKY QUESTION
52% = good or excellent
almost half (guilty)= 48% (not explicitly, but let's assume)
If almost all of the people who thought he was guilty were already prejudiced against him, then it stands to reason that his satisfaction score wouldn't be affected
I am struggling significantly more with these REE questions than other ones. What can I do to improve on these?
I can definitely tell I'm fatigued and should call it a night lol.
I debunked B-E and forgot there was an A and had no idea what to pick. During blind review, I don't even know why I skipped A either lmao. Ugh I definitely could have gotten it right I believe!
The simpler version of (A) would have been "Walker is a polarizing figure"
What?? How?? How did they get to that??
I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe when I read some of these explanations...
This doesn't make sense to me. Not even a little bit.
Why would we care what the people who already thought he was poor thought after the fact? Of course we didn't expect those people's views to change.
What should matter is what the people who thought positively thought and whether their opinions changed or not. The stimulus obviously doesn't expect us to believe someone had an ethics violation and public opinion would improve, do they? Of course not. So, why is the answer focused on the opinion of others whose opinion clearly would not change?
Can someone please help explain this please?
#feedback
#tutor
#instructor
#help
#pleasehelp
Seriously...help.
-16 below target time and right on first try holyyyyy
There is no shot this was a 5-Difficulty question. I'm usually slamming my head on my desk when reading those, but this was light.
i understand why the answer I picked (C) is wrong and A is correct. However, I'm worried that in the future, I still would not get a question like this correct.
Can "almost half" mean a little above half? The lesson states this could mean 49% or 47%, but is it possible for it to mean 51%? Or would that be incorrect?
the lessons on intersecting sets helped me a lot with this question. my immediate thought reading the stimulus was that there is probably no intersection between those who thought he had committed ethics violations and those who believed his performance was good or excellent.
RELEASE THE WALKER FILES!
yet another question wrong! hooray!
wow finally got it right after 1 attempt. W!!
Answer A requires some absurd assumptions but it truly is a best of the worst kinda answer. We have to assume that just because one does not believe Walker is guilty they will not adjust their rankings of Walker. Making assumptions like these always throw me for the loop when in most other areas of the exam assumptions lead to getting answers wrong LOL
I dont get A. Wouldnt we want to be looking more into the 52% that hasnt changed? Not the 47% that already felt a certain way. Because if the 52% stayed the same before and after the ethics violation, we would want to explain why they stood strong in their thoughts. I dont think we need to explain how 45% of the 47% just had their beliefs reinforced. The phenomena is that the 52% didnt change.
Someone please tell me how I am wrong.
Coming back to these questions a few hours later really helped me understand why my answers were initially wrong. Really paints a clearer picture as to what small mistakes I was making earlier.
IRRITATED
My reason for choosing E: The people who support him could acknowledge that Walker violated the law, unfortunately, by way of the honest mistakes of his staff members. They believe he is guilty according to the law, but because this guilt was through the fault of someone else, that he is still "good". Does this not help explain the phenomenon?
My theory is holding true, difficulty is more about placement on the test than content. This question came from section 2 question 26 is a level 5. It seems like the difficulty is relying on you being in a rush and missing the fact that it was the same people polled, and the 'almost' in the first sentence. I bet if this was the first question people would take the time to read it and it would be a 3.