I immediately wrote off A because all it does is just restate the phenomenon. It does not affirm or support the hypothesis that more exposer to kids and germs = less allergies.
i left a reply but i am going back to edit it because i realized you basically made the point that i was going to make but i can't figure out how to delete the comment, so i am just using this comment to say good luck!
That is not why A is wrong. A is wrong because it is too broad, there are too many uncontrolled variables. In other words, it is far from an ideal experiment.
Many in some countries the whole village raises the children, so they are always exposed to germs. Maybe over the century, the countries' diets changed. Who knows?
In contrast, E is a well-constructed experiment. Its results support the same conclusion as the experiment in the stimulus.
I too was between A and E until I remembered that I'm strengthening the hypothesis which is "exposure to germs during infancy"(Causation) and A is referring to the premise not the conclusion.
I read through all options and decided that A was right. Then I re-read E and realized the Stim was concluding more heavily on the term "during infancy" not just about family size. I made the logical assumption that "infancy" would be referring to 1 year olds and younger, so I picked E. Yay me!
felt good to get this right on the first go! A almost got me but what really helps me is focusing on the conclusion and seeing what can bridge that gap between the phenomena and the hypothesis. A at best kind of reinforces the first phenomena but E really provides strong support that it is the exposure to germs in infancy that is responsible for this phenomena.
#help I still think that E requires us to make a lot of assumptions. It depends on what we identify as small/large families, our assumption of the number of children in day care. And I also do not like the vagueness of the word "later" - could be 1 second later. I am probably making it harder than it is :/
For your first point, E says small families specifically, which means you don't have to make the assumptions about family size that made A wrong. The day care point is interesting and I think it does require you to make the assumptions that the day cares are both populated and have germs, but these are both very reasonable. As for the last part though, the answer specifies before age 1, so even if it was 1 second later they would no longer be an infant. Good luck and hope this helps!
Another reason A is not the correct answer is that the stimulus focuses on family size, not just the number of children. The term "family size" can theoretically include aunts, uncles, and other relatives. Option A increases the average number of children but does not address family size. The only way this point would be irrelevant is if we assume that exposure to germs from children is relevant, while exposure to germs from adults in the family is not. This assumption seems unreasonable.
i was between A and E , like most of the others in the chat, but i realized that A answered the first part of the stimulus, but it was not the hypothesis. so with POE i went to E and was like up this makes sense.
Not going to lie, I was reading over E as the last question during blind review and thought NVM answer A is stronger …. Grrrrrrr taking the L here chat..
What's tough about this is I blew the target time by 60 seconds. The second I read E I knew it was instantly correct, but eliminating the wrong answers took too long
I chose A at first as I was reading the answers, but when I got to E I realized that confirming existing premise, which A kind of does, is not a good way to strengthen arguments, because the correct answer should work with the relationship between premise and conclusion. I don't want to drill something wrong in my head, so if I'm wrong about this, please let me know.
I also chose (A) immediately but after reading (E), I changed my answer to (E). (A) merely supports the premise of the argument, whereas E explains exactly who is less likely to develop allergies, due to their exposure as an infant.
I fell for A. I also made a note for myself that on "strengthen" questions, the answer must support the author's hypothesis and not just support one of the premises.
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omgg this one made me fumbleeeee no slayyy ugh
LMAO (ᵔᴥᵔ)
I immediately wrote off A because all it does is just restate the phenomenon. It does not affirm or support the hypothesis that more exposer to kids and germs = less allergies.
i left a reply but i am going back to edit it because i realized you basically made the point that i was going to make but i can't figure out how to delete the comment, so i am just using this comment to say good luck!
That is not why A is wrong. A is wrong because it is too broad, there are too many uncontrolled variables. In other words, it is far from an ideal experiment.
Many in some countries the whole village raises the children, so they are always exposed to germs. Maybe over the century, the countries' diets changed. Who knows?
In contrast, E is a well-constructed experiment. Its results support the same conclusion as the experiment in the stimulus.
Thank you. You did a better job explaining this than the entire 15 minute video (11 minutes if you are only trying to figure out why A is wrong).
Pulled the trigger too fast on this one and now I had to pay. For shame.
Yep. Should have read E more carefully. I took it in a way that it was a comparison between children from small families and big families.
Noticed that on BR tho. Also didn't like A because it was pushing us to make more assumptions to bridge the gap in the stimulus.
Same
Weakening and strengthening are kicking my ass omg
@liammichaels21 strengthening and the EXCEPT questions I find the most difficult so far
Was between A and E and fell for A
GIMME THAT BLIND REVIEW BABY
I too was between A and E until I remembered that I'm strengthening the hypothesis which is "exposure to germs during infancy"(Causation) and A is referring to the premise not the conclusion.
Re-reading the hypothesis would've saved me from the trap here!
I read through all options and decided that A was right. Then I re-read E and realized the Stim was concluding more heavily on the term "during infancy" not just about family size. I made the logical assumption that "infancy" would be referring to 1 year olds and younger, so I picked E. Yay me!
It’s not about the stimulus focus. It’s hypothesis (conclusion) strengthening. If it asked you to strengthen the premise A would have done it.
felt good to get this right on the first go! A almost got me but what really helps me is focusing on the conclusion and seeing what can bridge that gap between the phenomena and the hypothesis. A at best kind of reinforces the first phenomena but E really provides strong support that it is the exposure to germs in infancy that is responsible for this phenomena.
Fell for it
Oof picked the trap answer
#help I still think that E requires us to make a lot of assumptions. It depends on what we identify as small/large families, our assumption of the number of children in day care. And I also do not like the vagueness of the word "later" - could be 1 second later. I am probably making it harder than it is :/
For your first point, E says small families specifically, which means you don't have to make the assumptions about family size that made A wrong. The day care point is interesting and I think it does require you to make the assumptions that the day cares are both populated and have germs, but these are both very reasonable. As for the last part though, the answer specifies before age 1, so even if it was 1 second later they would no longer be an infant. Good luck and hope this helps!
Thank you!
I got it wrong.
"During infancy" does a lot of heavy lifting here
Fell for A initially. After careful thought I can see why it's E. These questions are tricky af ...
Another reason A is not the correct answer is that the stimulus focuses on family size, not just the number of children. The term "family size" can theoretically include aunts, uncles, and other relatives. Option A increases the average number of children but does not address family size. The only way this point would be irrelevant is if we assume that exposure to germs from children is relevant, while exposure to germs from adults in the family is not. This assumption seems unreasonable.
I fell for the trap :( but got E in BR :)
why did i read E as, they enter day care A DAY later.. lol
Almost picked A until realizing that the causal issue of germs was absent--A doesn't help the same way that E does.
same
i was between A and E , like most of the others in the chat, but i realized that A answered the first part of the stimulus, but it was not the hypothesis. so with POE i went to E and was like up this makes sense.
Not going to lie, I was reading over E as the last question during blind review and thought NVM answer A is stronger …. Grrrrrrr taking the L here chat..
What's tough about this is I blew the target time by 60 seconds. The second I read E I knew it was instantly correct, but eliminating the wrong answers took too long
I got this right in 2min, i'm stoked :)
I chose A at first as I was reading the answers, but when I got to E I realized that confirming existing premise, which A kind of does, is not a good way to strengthen arguments, because the correct answer should work with the relationship between premise and conclusion. I don't want to drill something wrong in my head, so if I'm wrong about this, please let me know.
I also chose (A) immediately but after reading (E), I changed my answer to (E). (A) merely supports the premise of the argument, whereas E explains exactly who is less likely to develop allergies, due to their exposure as an infant.
I fell for A. I also made a note for myself that on "strengthen" questions, the answer must support the author's hypothesis and not just support one of the premises.
Feeling pretty good that I did not fall for the trap.