what if one answer choice rules out another explanation and another answer choice strengthens the proposed hypothesis/can basically confirm it to be true, in that case which answer is the better one?
I don't think so. With most strongly supported, the AC is supported by the stimulus. Strengthen questions support the stimulus to make the stimulus more likely to be true.
In one of prior explanations, they say strengthening/weakening questions are similar to MSS except the answer choices are said to be true, and thus we focus more on each true answer choice affects the supportive relationship between the premise and conclusion.
Last paragraph, first sentence, typo. If these were Weaken questions, we'd expect the correct answers to provide alternative hypotheses for or explanations of the phenomena
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so causal weaken - alt hypothesis; causal strengthen - rule out an alt hypothesis; GOT IT
what if one answer choice rules out another explanation and another answer choice strengthens the proposed hypothesis/can basically confirm it to be true, in that case which answer is the better one?
aren't strengthening questions just like MSS questions technically?
I don't think so. With most strongly supported, the AC is supported by the stimulus. Strengthen questions support the stimulus to make the stimulus more likely to be true.
In one of prior explanations, they say strengthening/weakening questions are similar to MSS except the answer choices are said to be true, and thus we focus more on each true answer choice affects the supportive relationship between the premise and conclusion.
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Goal for causal strengthen - rule out other explanations to ensure that the main explanation in the stimulus is really the true explanation.
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Last paragraph, first sentence, typo. If these were Weaken questions, we'd expect the correct answers to provide alternative hypotheses for or explanations of the phenomena
Hey there, I checked the sentence and can confirm that there's no typo in it.
Let me know if you have any questions!