Maybe just me but my initial reaction upon reading this is okayyyy what about birth and death rates? What if the birth rate is so high that it eclipses the death rate and the rate of households moving out? But I guess the answers didn't go that route.
Confused why C doesn't strengthen the argument. I thought a census was self-reported (like a survey), so if you fail to report moving in to Weston then that will artificially decrease Weston's population, ie. next year's census will show a decline in Weston's population. The census won't be absolutely correct regardless
im just thinking of weakening here, even though this is a strengthen question.
if it asks to weaken, would it look something like this:
"people moving into the city are ones looking to start new families and people moving out are ones that were living alone" - this would imply population might actually not decline, while also does not contradict premise "households moving out is greater than households moving in"
its not a great weakener in the sense that we dont know if pop would grow or remain the same, but hopefully not decline like the conclusion claims.
could you also argue that for answer C it really does not have an effect on the population since those moving in are not being recorded within the survey, so it neither has a strengthening or weakening implication on the argument because they are not being accounted for anyway?
The first time around, I completely disregarded the concept of "households" after reading the stimulus and started overanalyzing D so much that it started to sound irrelevant. Kind of scary how glossing over one word can change everything!
One reason why C is wrong that I didn't see mentioned is because it says people moving into Weston failed to notify either the post office or the driver's license bureau that they had moved to the city. It doesn't say they failed to notify both. Therefore, they could still have notified one of the two and been counted in the survey.
For WSE Q's when we are presented with a ratio in the STIM like this question 2 to 1, if we are the S the Q that means to pick the AC the reaffirms the ratio by providing evidence (example of why that ratio is true) or simply reafirm the ratio by stating is true in some way.
Vs.
If the STIM of a WSE Q gives us a ratio and we are asked the W the arg., does that mean we must select the AC that states the ratio is in fact incorrect/proved an explanation/evidence for why the ratio is not true as the CAC or would it be dependant on the arg presented in the stem?
If someone is please able to clarify and explain that would be much appreciated!
I recognize that with anything in life in order to get faster at doing something one must practice that thing a lot to be able to do so.
I find myself getting LR questions specifically WSE q's correct the overwhelming majority with a few exceptions when it take my time bc I truly understand what is going on that way and I am able to evaluate.
As of current, on average, Iv'e been taking an extra minute over what's recommended for the practice questions.
I suppose that once u practice more ur intuition will help to guide u better so ur able to do it a lot faster, however, I wanted to enquire from those who had the same experience as I did regarding timing and other tips you have regarding being more time efficient besides practice regarding LR!
I chose A not realizing it says “many” which really doesn’t mean anything looking back on it now and also thinking the stimulus was talking about the number of people moving and not households. I gotta to pay super attention to this grammar.
I chose A not realizing it says "many" which really doesn't mean anything looking back on it now and also thinking the stimulus was talking about the number of people moving and not households. I gotta to pay super attention to this grammar.
If I get the question right should I still watch the explanation video? I feel like it's unnecessary because I already know correct answer is right, as well as why the wrong answers are wrong - it seems like a huge time killer. Thoughts?
If A were to be true, it would mean that many more people moved out of the city than moved in, e.g., 20,000 people moved out and 10,000 moved in, which negates the possibility that perhaps only 10 people moved out and 5 people moved in, and that the difference could be negligent due to a high birth rate. Shouldn't that make A true? #help (Added by admin)
I think a critical point that answer choice D provides is that most of the remaining households are older individuals living alone. It is reasonable to assume that if the city was comprised of mostly families, or even young single individuals, that the population could continue to increase even when net migration is negative. D strongly implies that most of the residents in addition to the people immigrating are not of child rearing age. Without this critical element, its possible to have a city where the population is large enough that the birth rate causes the population to go up despite negative net migration.
I got to the right answer with a different answer choice analysis, so I thought I'd share.
The passage translation: a survey taken from two different sources over the past decade has confirmed a two to one difference between moving out and moving in. The upcoming census, which counts everyone living in the city, will reflect a population decline consistent with the two sources' data over the past decade.
Assumptions to avoid (ID-ing these helps me stay objective): the census and the two sources are the same.
(A) Within the past decade many people both moved into the city and also moved out of it.
- Restatement of information already shared in the passage.
(B) Over the past century any census of Weston showing a population loss was followed ten years later by a census showing a population gain.
- Provides irrelevant information about a trend in Weston censuses.
(C) Many people moving into Weston failed to notify either the post office or the driver's license bureau that they had moved to the city.
- Assumption bait. It doesn't matter whether the people have or have not registered with the two sources because the census is an entirely different information gathering process.
(D) Most adults moving out of Weston were parents who had children living with them, whereas most adults remaining in or moving into the city were older people who lived alone.
- Reasonable assumptions, the parents moved out in pairs and the adults moving in are solo. Therefore giving us a reasonable two to one confirmation that the census will be able to identify.
(E) Most people moving out of Weston were young adults who were hoping to begin a career elsewhere, whereas most adults remaining in or moving into the city had long-standing jobs in the city.
- Provides irrelevant information about a singular demographic that the census will cover.
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Maybe just me but my initial reaction upon reading this is okayyyy what about birth and death rates? What if the birth rate is so high that it eclipses the death rate and the rate of households moving out? But I guess the answers didn't go that route.
Confused why C doesn't strengthen the argument. I thought a census was self-reported (like a survey), so if you fail to report moving in to Weston then that will artificially decrease Weston's population, ie. next year's census will show a decline in Weston's population. The census won't be absolutely correct regardless
Didn't even take into account the population in terms of adults living alone and adults with children
im just thinking of weakening here, even though this is a strengthen question.
if it asks to weaken, would it look something like this:
"people moving into the city are ones looking to start new families and people moving out are ones that were living alone" - this would imply population might actually not decline, while also does not contradict premise "households moving out is greater than households moving in"
its not a great weakener in the sense that we dont know if pop would grow or remain the same, but hopefully not decline like the conclusion claims.
could you also argue that for answer C it really does not have an effect on the population since those moving in are not being recorded within the survey, so it neither has a strengthening or weakening implication on the argument because they are not being accounted for anyway?
The first time around, I completely disregarded the concept of "households" after reading the stimulus and started overanalyzing D so much that it started to sound irrelevant. Kind of scary how glossing over one word can change everything!
i feel like no matter what i do these strengthen and weaken questions always confuse me! :(
Dang didn't understand the difference between household and population and got E ughhh
Can E be an answer if the question was weakening question?
Can get why D is right but still confused why C is wrong #help
One reason why C is wrong that I didn't see mentioned is because it says people moving into Weston failed to notify either the post office or the driver's license bureau that they had moved to the city. It doesn't say they failed to notify both. Therefore, they could still have notified one of the two and been counted in the survey.
bruh how tf did I get this one wrong 😭 I could've sworn it would be C wtffff
#feedback some videos are missing the speed toggle (0.8-2.0x) in the bottom right corner and rely on whatever speed previous videos were playing at
okaaaay?
Did anyone else find themselves confused and second-guessing answer choice D, just because it said "regardless of age"?
For WSE Q's when we are presented with a ratio in the STIM like this question 2 to 1, if we are the S the Q that means to pick the AC the reaffirms the ratio by providing evidence (example of why that ratio is true) or simply reafirm the ratio by stating is true in some way.
Vs.
If the STIM of a WSE Q gives us a ratio and we are asked the W the arg., does that mean we must select the AC that states the ratio is in fact incorrect/proved an explanation/evidence for why the ratio is not true as the CAC or would it be dependant on the arg presented in the stem?
If someone is please able to clarify and explain that would be much appreciated!
#help #feedback
I recognize that with anything in life in order to get faster at doing something one must practice that thing a lot to be able to do so.
I find myself getting LR questions specifically WSE q's correct the overwhelming majority with a few exceptions when it take my time bc I truly understand what is going on that way and I am able to evaluate.
As of current, on average, Iv'e been taking an extra minute over what's recommended for the practice questions.
I suppose that once u practice more ur intuition will help to guide u better so ur able to do it a lot faster, however, I wanted to enquire from those who had the same experience as I did regarding timing and other tips you have regarding being more time efficient besides practice regarding LR!
#hlep #feedback
I chose A not realizing it says “many” which really doesn’t mean anything looking back on it now and also thinking the stimulus was talking about the number of people moving and not households. I gotta to pay super attention to this grammar.
I chose A not realizing it says "many" which really doesn't mean anything looking back on it now and also thinking the stimulus was talking about the number of people moving and not households. I gotta to pay super attention to this grammar.
If I get the question right should I still watch the explanation video? I feel like it's unnecessary because I already know correct answer is right, as well as why the wrong answers are wrong - it seems like a huge time killer. Thoughts?
If A were to be true, it would mean that many more people moved out of the city than moved in, e.g., 20,000 people moved out and 10,000 moved in, which negates the possibility that perhaps only 10 people moved out and 5 people moved in, and that the difference could be negligent due to a high birth rate. Shouldn't that make A true? #help (Added by admin)
I think a critical point that answer choice D provides is that most of the remaining households are older individuals living alone. It is reasonable to assume that if the city was comprised of mostly families, or even young single individuals, that the population could continue to increase even when net migration is negative. D strongly implies that most of the residents in addition to the people immigrating are not of child rearing age. Without this critical element, its possible to have a city where the population is large enough that the birth rate causes the population to go up despite negative net migration.
I conflated households with population under time pressure.
I got to the right answer with a different answer choice analysis, so I thought I'd share.
The passage translation: a survey taken from two different sources over the past decade has confirmed a two to one difference between moving out and moving in. The upcoming census, which counts everyone living in the city, will reflect a population decline consistent with the two sources' data over the past decade.
Assumptions to avoid (ID-ing these helps me stay objective): the census and the two sources are the same.
(A) Within the past decade many people both moved into the city and also moved out of it.
- Restatement of information already shared in the passage.
(B) Over the past century any census of Weston showing a population loss was followed ten years later by a census showing a population gain.
- Provides irrelevant information about a trend in Weston censuses.
(C) Many people moving into Weston failed to notify either the post office or the driver's license bureau that they had moved to the city.
- Assumption bait. It doesn't matter whether the people have or have not registered with the two sources because the census is an entirely different information gathering process.
(D) Most adults moving out of Weston were parents who had children living with them, whereas most adults remaining in or moving into the city were older people who lived alone.
- Reasonable assumptions, the parents moved out in pairs and the adults moving in are solo. Therefore giving us a reasonable two to one confirmation that the census will be able to identify.
(E) Most people moving out of Weston were young adults who were hoping to begin a career elsewhere, whereas most adults remaining in or moving into the city had long-standing jobs in the city.
- Provides irrelevant information about a singular demographic that the census will cover.