got this right but was 1:42 over.... i mean im proud of myself tho since this was a 5/5 level difficulty but damn, i need to trust my instincts better :(
What tripped me up is the phrasing "almost all". Why would "almost half", "52 percent" or conversely "48%" be synonymous with almost all?!?!?! I am operating under the principle "if the answer choice a little wrong, then it's all wrong". I do not see how the phrasing "almost all" in option A doesn't eliminate it for extreme language. "Almost all" was not in the room with us at all!
@mkoduah1 Because the almost all in the answer choice doesn't refer to almost all of the total number of people polled. It refers to almost all of the set of people who believe he was guilty of ethics violations. The almost half portion in the stem also isn't referring to the 52%, it's referring to the people who answered that they thought he was guilty of ethics violations.
I got this one right, so here's my thought process:
We need to find an answer choice that tells us why the residents still think the mayor's performance is great despite being allegedly guilty of violating ethics. Better yet, why did his performance rating remain unchanged?
I always do POE for RRE. As I read each answer choice, I'm immediately questioning their sufficiency to resolve the issue/question at hand, not their validity. So here's my thought process for all answer choices in quotes:
B is wrong, "cause why do we care about the opps again? It does nothing for the issue here."
C is wrong, "okay, even if they didn't know, WE still don't know how this would affect the performance ratings; C requires even more mad assumptions on our end before it would even do anything for the argument."
D is wrong, "Umm, what's our business with the Anti-corruption group??"
E is wrong, "Cause okay, even if he defended himself, that still does nothing to explain why the performance ratings remained the same". See now, most people picked E cause they made the intuitive assumption that "oh ofc the people must have believed him, which is why the performance ratings remained the same," when in reality we don't even know how these people would ever react to his claims.
A is correct because it answers the question of why the ratings remained unchanged. Is it a strong explanation? Eh, but is it the strongest among the rest? yes.
@Mari_on_nette YESS tysm my reasoning was the exact same!! even if i get the question right i still feel like i arrived at the right answer "incorrectly" when i read the explanation by 7sage. so this makes me feel good :)
@AnaColuma I got this one right, so here's my thought process:
We need to find an answer choice that tells us why the residents still think the mayor's performance is great despite being allegedly guilty of violating ethics. Better yet, why did his performance rating remain unchanged?
I always do POE for RRE. As I read each answer choice, I'm immediately questioning their sufficiency to resolve the issue/question at hand, not their validity. So here's my thought process for all answer choices in quotes:
B is wrong, "cause why do we care about the opps again? It does nothing for the issue here."
C is wrong, "okay, even if they didn't know, WE still don't know how this would affect the performance ratings; C requires even more mad assumptions on our end before it would even do anything for the argument."
D is wrong, "Umm, what's our business with the Anti-corruption group??"
E is wrong, "Cause okay, even if he defended himself, that still does nothing to explain why the performance ratings remained the same". See now, most people picked E cause they made the intuitive assumption that "oh ofc the people must have believed him, which is why the performance ratings remained the same," when in reality we don't even know how these people would ever react to his claims.
A is correct because it answers the question of why the ratings remained unchanged. Is it a strong explanation? Eh, but is it the strongest among the rest? yes.
If the question is to explain the surprising fact of why 52% of people still thought he was good or excellent, why does the answer focus on those who thought his performance was poor?
@DeniseS this is exactly why i was confused hold on i will draw this. this is the only way i could understand it because i was tweaking. Why is my image so big omg now I'm like the weird commenter
Stim says 52% approve. That means up to 48% disapprove.
(A) says that people who already disapprove are the pretty much the only ones concerned with his ethics violations. Walker basically didn't lose anybody, he just pissed off the ones who don't like him even more.
Its "almost all" of those who believe he is guilty, so if half of the city believes he is guilty, then almost all of the people who believe he is guilty if half of the city. Therefore leading to his 52% approval rating.
@SMRegalado It's confusing because of "almost all." The stimulus provides that 52% think he's a good mayor despite the ethics violations. Implying that 48% think he was a bad mayor before the ethics violations. That number did not change despite the ethics violations, which is what A is saying.
The problem I have with A is that it uses "almsot all" which would typically imply 85-99 in my book. Or at least greater than half. But instead it's representing 48%
@CMas almost all is talking about the people who believed that Mayor Walker is guilty of ethical violations and they also thought that he was a bad or poor mayor it does represent the 48% but it doesn't compare it to the other 52% to include 100% of people. When it says almost all it's saying that almost all of the people who believed that the mayor was guilty of ethical violations, of those people 48% thought that he was already a bad person before the scandal. Basically the almost all is referring to almost all of the 48% not the 48% when compared to the rest of the people that thought he was a good or excellent mayor.
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i don't believe this was a level 5 difficulty tbh. got it -0:08s and answered correctly with full confidence like ermmm smth not right
to me it seems answer contradicts stimulus
I can't believe I actually got this right and knew why it was right. +51 seconds but still.
Got it right, minus 32 seconds! I only read A... intuition came through with this one
got this right but was 1:42 over.... i mean im proud of myself tho since this was a 5/5 level difficulty but damn, i need to trust my instincts better :(
I don't think I can ever get the resolve / reconcile questions right! :(
I'm so dumb answered B first thinking it was right not realizing it talked about different people fml, god have mercy on me.
I do NOT mess w this one even if i got it
1 whole minute over, but I got it right. I seriously need to stop overcomplicating these and go with my intuition.
What tripped me up is the phrasing "almost all". Why would "almost half", "52 percent" or conversely "48%" be synonymous with almost all?!?!?! I am operating under the principle "if the answer choice a little wrong, then it's all wrong". I do not see how the phrasing "almost all" in option A doesn't eliminate it for extreme language. "Almost all" was not in the room with us at all!
@mkoduah1 Because the almost all in the answer choice doesn't refer to almost all of the total number of people polled. It refers to almost all of the set of people who believe he was guilty of ethics violations. The almost half portion in the stem also isn't referring to the 52%, it's referring to the people who answered that they thought he was guilty of ethics violations.
Aight now these RRE questions cracking me like crazy
@LawyeRell pause
I got this one right, so here's my thought process:
We need to find an answer choice that tells us why the residents still think the mayor's performance is great despite being allegedly guilty of violating ethics. Better yet, why did his performance rating remain unchanged?
I always do POE for RRE. As I read each answer choice, I'm immediately questioning their sufficiency to resolve the issue/question at hand, not their validity. So here's my thought process for all answer choices in quotes:
B is wrong, "cause why do we care about the opps again? It does nothing for the issue here."
C is wrong, "okay, even if they didn't know, WE still don't know how this would affect the performance ratings; C requires even more mad assumptions on our end before it would even do anything for the argument."
D is wrong, "Umm, what's our business with the Anti-corruption group??"
E is wrong, "Cause okay, even if he defended himself, that still does nothing to explain why the performance ratings remained the same". See now, most people picked E cause they made the intuitive assumption that "oh ofc the people must have believed him, which is why the performance ratings remained the same," when in reality we don't even know how these people would ever react to his claims.
A is correct because it answers the question of why the ratings remained unchanged. Is it a strong explanation? Eh, but is it the strongest among the rest? yes.
@Mari_on_nette YESS tysm my reasoning was the exact same!! even if i get the question right i still feel like i arrived at the right answer "incorrectly" when i read the explanation by 7sage. so this makes me feel good :)
wait im so fucking confused LMFAOOOO
@AnaColuma I got this one right, so here's my thought process:
We need to find an answer choice that tells us why the residents still think the mayor's performance is great despite being allegedly guilty of violating ethics. Better yet, why did his performance rating remain unchanged?
I always do POE for RRE. As I read each answer choice, I'm immediately questioning their sufficiency to resolve the issue/question at hand, not their validity. So here's my thought process for all answer choices in quotes:
B is wrong, "cause why do we care about the opps again? It does nothing for the issue here."
C is wrong, "okay, even if they didn't know, WE still don't know how this would affect the performance ratings; C requires even more mad assumptions on our end before it would even do anything for the argument."
D is wrong, "Umm, what's our business with the Anti-corruption group??"
E is wrong, "Cause okay, even if he defended himself, that still does nothing to explain why the performance ratings remained the same". See now, most people picked E cause they made the intuitive assumption that "oh ofc the people must have believed him, which is why the performance ratings remained the same," when in reality we don't even know how these people would ever react to his claims.
A is correct because it answers the question of why the ratings remained unchanged. Is it a strong explanation? Eh, but is it the strongest among the rest? yes.
Question there is a difference between resolve and explain correct?
I chose C
was between A and C (idk why I was between C), and of course, I chose C. Chose A in my BR. I do not like these question types.
I got this question wrong because I couldn't stop thinking about Rob Ford.
If the question is to explain the surprising fact of why 52% of people still thought he was good or excellent, why does the answer focus on those who thought his performance was poor?
@DeniseS this is exactly why i was confused hold on i will draw this. this is the only way i could understand it because i was tweaking. Why is my image so big omg now I'm like the weird commenter
I love that I thought this was an easy question and yet its difficulty is hard yet easy questions stump me...
A is the perfect answer because...
Stim says 52% approve. That means up to 48% disapprove.
(A) says that people who already disapprove are the pretty much the only ones concerned with his ethics violations. Walker basically didn't lose anybody, he just pissed off the ones who don't like him even more.
@ChaseJ thanks for this
Was torn between A and E and went with E.
Its "almost all" of those who believe he is guilty, so if half of the city believes he is guilty, then almost all of the people who believe he is guilty if half of the city. Therefore leading to his 52% approval rating.
i keep getting these questions correct in the blind review...
can we have some deeper explanation as to why AC A is correct?
@SMRegalado It's confusing because of "almost all." The stimulus provides that 52% think he's a good mayor despite the ethics violations. Implying that 48% think he was a bad mayor before the ethics violations. That number did not change despite the ethics violations, which is what A is saying.
The problem I have with A is that it uses "almsot all" which would typically imply 85-99 in my book. Or at least greater than half. But instead it's representing 48%
@CMas almost all is talking about the people who believed that Mayor Walker is guilty of ethical violations and they also thought that he was a bad or poor mayor it does represent the 48% but it doesn't compare it to the other 52% to include 100% of people. When it says almost all it's saying that almost all of the people who believed that the mayor was guilty of ethical violations, of those people 48% thought that he was already a bad person before the scandal. Basically the almost all is referring to almost all of the 48% not the 48% when compared to the rest of the people that thought he was a good or excellent mayor.
The shoot a man on 5th Avenue was a spectacular reference, very fitting