Q1 almost made me think it wasn't an argument. Its almost not phrased as one, but digging into it and rereading it twice I saw what it was arguing and how. Rereading takes time, but a lot of the time it is invaluable in catching these kind of details
I got number three correct. However, just like "though they soon will," shouldn't "as a doctor, I see two reasons for this." be uncolored?
The premises should then be:
"First, giving them access will be time wasting because it will significantly reduce the amount of time that medical staff can spend on more important duties, by forcing them to retrieve and return files. Second, if my experience is anything to go by, no patients are going to ask for access to their records anyway."
The conclusion would still be:
"patients should not have a legal right to see their medical records."
Am I right, or am I wrong? Please explain in the case that I am wrong.
@MaameAbena What helped me answer that one was thinking about premise as "why does the author want me to believe this/what is the evidence they give" and conclusion as "what is the 1 main thing they want me to believe"
A little confused on question 4 because it shows where it can be both a premises and conclusion if it was flipped and again, if it was flipped again, it shows the conclusion first and the premises, so I’m a little confused on how to know exactly when the premises and the conclusions are flipped because the because sounds like it can fit the way that is written currently.
@Chi. For me, the giveaway here is the word 'certainly'. Using the formula 'X (premise), therefore Y (conclusion)' I didn't think it could be flipped as easily.
We are not sure about determining intelligent life, therefore the question is certainly imprecise (at least according to this author).
If flipped: the question is imprecise therefore we are not sure.
The reason we aren't sure isn't because of the question, it's because we don't know how things that are different than us might still count as 'intelligent'
@LiviaLSAT The author is making the claim that the aforementioned technique can be used to obtain accurate dates for sites almost a million years old in cooler regions.
That’s the conclusion of the argument because the premise only states that measurements of the extent of amino acid decomposition in fragments of eggshell found at archaeological sites in such places as Southern Africa can be used to obtain accurate dates for sites up to 200,000 years old.
Yet, “because the decomposition is slower in cooler climates”, accurate dates go back even further there than in Southern Africa.
With Question 1, I thought that the very first sentence was the conclusion. I felt like the conclusion was that fragments of eggshells were helping obtain accurate dates (either 200,000 or 1 million years old), and I labeled it as the argument's conclusion in error. :( 4/5
Question 1 was a bit confusing for me to see that it was an argument. I could not find the conclusion and felt like the writer was just giving information.
@NhubriaChikaka Honestly the most helpful tool is just asking why to each individual part. If you can find and answer to the Why then you have the conclusion.
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4/5 number one got me real confused at first
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Q1 almost made me think it wasn't an argument. Its almost not phrased as one, but digging into it and rereading it twice I saw what it was arguing and how. Rereading takes time, but a lot of the time it is invaluable in catching these kind of details
4/5, 4 tripped me up
Does including the indicator word matter? On question 4 it was not included, but on question 5 it was?
5/5 wow, havent missed yet!!
I got number three correct. However, just like "though they soon will," shouldn't "as a doctor, I see two reasons for this." be uncolored?
The premises should then be:
"First, giving them access will be time wasting because it will significantly reduce the amount of time that medical staff can spend on more important duties, by forcing them to retrieve and return files. Second, if my experience is anything to go by, no patients are going to ask for access to their records anyway."
The conclusion would still be:
"patients should not have a legal right to see their medical records."
Am I right, or am I wrong? Please explain in the case that I am wrong.
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Finally 5/5 :)
They should of colored sub conclusion I almost thought I got it wrong ToT
19/20 correct based on these last 4 skill builder sections
I got 4 wrong, but all others right. I thought that the "secondly..." sentence was indicative of a secondary conclusion
Number 3 tricked me
@MaameAbena What helped me answer that one was thinking about premise as "why does the author want me to believe this/what is the evidence they give" and conclusion as "what is the 1 main thing they want me to believe"
A little confused on question 4 because it shows where it can be both a premises and conclusion if it was flipped and again, if it was flipped again, it shows the conclusion first and the premises, so I’m a little confused on how to know exactly when the premises and the conclusions are flipped because the because sounds like it can fit the way that is written currently.
@Chi. Same. I got all of them right except that one. I made the premise the conclusion, and conclusion the premise.
@Chi. For me, the giveaway here is the word 'certainly'. Using the formula 'X (premise), therefore Y (conclusion)' I didn't think it could be flipped as easily.
We are not sure about determining intelligent life, therefore the question is certainly imprecise (at least according to this author).
If flipped: the question is imprecise therefore we are not sure.
The reason we aren't sure isn't because of the question, it's because we don't know how things that are different than us might still count as 'intelligent'
i dont see how in question 1 any of the information supports a conclusion, it is just stating information
@LiviaLSAT The author is making the claim that the aforementioned technique can be used to obtain accurate dates for sites almost a million years old in cooler regions.
That’s the conclusion of the argument because the premise only states that measurements of the extent of amino acid decomposition in fragments of eggshell found at archaeological sites in such places as Southern Africa can be used to obtain accurate dates for sites up to 200,000 years old.
Yet, “because the decomposition is slower in cooler climates”, accurate dates go back even further there than in Southern Africa.
Hopefully that makes sense.
I agree with others that there should be an indication within the answers to identify a subconclusion, as thats the foocus of the lesson. 5/5 tho dub
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5/5 LETS GO!
With Question 1, I thought that the very first sentence was the conclusion. I felt like the conclusion was that fragments of eggshells were helping obtain accurate dates (either 200,000 or 1 million years old), and I labeled it as the argument's conclusion in error. :( 4/5
got confused in Question 1
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Question 1 was a bit confusing for me to see that it was an argument. I could not find the conclusion and felt like the writer was just giving information.
@NhubriaChikaka Honestly the most helpful tool is just asking why to each individual part. If you can find and answer to the Why then you have the conclusion.
@NhubriaChikaka I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggled with that one. i also thought it was just stating info.
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