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.
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
That is actually a clue to telling us that its not just people old enough to have a license or their own address.. so it actually made it easier to select D. Its pointing us in the direction that we should be aware of the population that would not be updating licenses/addresses (aka kids) counting towards population.
I understood C to mean that "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" it would strengthen the conclusion because we now have even more reason to assume that reported population number would be low. As in, the real count of people moving into Weston is lower than what could/can be reported in the census. Was it silly to interpret it that way? What should I have caught in the stimulus or answer choice that would not led me go down that road of thinking?
If people failed to notify the post office that they moved into the city, then we would expect the total number of household moving into the city to be underreported. This weakens the argument.
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.
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!
Seems like we are kinda in the same scenario. I find myself taking more time to answer the question. In turn, I end up getting it right. When I really wanna focus on an extremely thorough explanation (like JY gives in the videos), i'll end up taking more time to fully get the scope of what I am doing.
Depending on when you're doing the test, this reality might not be the same for you, but I am fine with taking a bit more time in the beggining, to cement the notions in my mind and understand why I am doing what I am doing. As JY said in the beggining, the goal is to build up a competent intuition regarding the questions.
Also, if you'd like, there's a discord made by people in the approx. region that we are at right now that i recently joined : https://discord.gg/67nqYY5c.
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?
For me, it depends on the question. If the question was straightforward and I'm confident in my reasoning, then I don't watch the video. If the question was challenging and I was stuck between two choices, or maybe I don't understand why one choice was incorrect, even though I got the question correct, then I'll watch the video.
I'm glad you asked this. I was wondering what people do as well. I watch the explanations even when I get questions right for extra training on thinking through the answer choices logically. My decisions can be very quick when it's timed so I find it necessary to practice slowing it down and thinking it through. It'll help with the harder questions later on and it reinforces logical thinking in general. Sometimes I do skip ahead in the video to the next answer choice if I'm being impatient but I like to hear the reasoning for each AC. It's really the metacognition that brings the most growth so the more I think about the way I think, the more I improve.
I personally watch every explanation, even though I'm usually selecting the correct answer. My reasoning is that I've heard numerous folks on podcasts and online mention that a key difference between those earning high 160s versus those earning 170s is that the latter know why the wrong answer is wrong while the former focus on why the correct answer is correct. I like to spend time reflecting on that while JY explains it, ensuring I was right about why I thought the wrong answers were wrong.
What I do is I do a blind review and write down for each answer why I think it is right or wrong. Then I read the explanation. If my explanation for why it is wrong more or less matches up with JY's, then I don't watch the video. If there is a major discrepancy or any answer I can't fully explain why it is incorrect / if I get the whole question incorrect then I watch the video
D was my first choice but I changed to A because the argument says "regardless of age." Can someone please clarify why it's D a little further even though it stats regardless of age.
@Chi. D states that most people moving out of Weston are parents with children, implying that entire families are moving out at a time. D also states that those staying or moving in to Weston are older people who live alone.
Because the upcoming census counts all residents regardless of age, this implies that the next census will record mostly entire families consisting of at least 1 parent and at least 1 child leaving Weston in pairs at the very least. Meanwhile, older people are moving in to Weston 1 at a time.
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 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 was debating either D or E. But then I realize that it doesn't really mention young people moving. In the stimulus it talks about "households" moving. So that's when I picked D.
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okaaaay?
i feel like no matter what i do these strengthen and weaken questions always confuse me! :(
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.
so helpful!
I conflated households with population under time pressure.
Some day I'll be as confident on 4-5 star difficulty as I am on 2 star. But it is not this day.
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
@GregSchwarz it wouldn't show a decline, it just wouldnt show a growth.
@GregSchwarz that would weaken the argument anyway, you would be arguing that the population might have actually grown
Did anyone else find themselves confused and second-guessing answer choice D, just because it said "regardless of age"?
That is actually a clue to telling us that its not just people old enough to have a license or their own address.. so it actually made it easier to select D. Its pointing us in the direction that we should be aware of the population that would not be updating licenses/addresses (aka kids) counting towards population.
I understood C to mean that "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" it would strengthen the conclusion because we now have even more reason to assume that reported population number would be low. As in, the real count of people moving into Weston is lower than what could/can be reported in the census. Was it silly to interpret it that way? What should I have caught in the stimulus or answer choice that would not led me go down that road of thinking?
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If people failed to notify the post office that they moved into the city, then we would expect the total number of household moving into the city to be underreported. This weakens the argument.
@GojoLebronVegetaBatman In addition, the goal is not to weaken or strengthen the "conclusion," it's to undermine the support of the argument.
Didn't even take into account the population in terms of adults living alone and adults with children
Dang didn't understand the difference between household and population and got E ughhh
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.
#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
Sometimes I find it's my own browser and I just have to refresh the page to get it back
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
Hey Elise,
Seems like we are kinda in the same scenario. I find myself taking more time to answer the question. In turn, I end up getting it right. When I really wanna focus on an extremely thorough explanation (like JY gives in the videos), i'll end up taking more time to fully get the scope of what I am doing.
Depending on when you're doing the test, this reality might not be the same for you, but I am fine with taking a bit more time in the beggining, to cement the notions in my mind and understand why I am doing what I am doing. As JY said in the beggining, the goal is to build up a competent intuition regarding the questions.
Also, if you'd like, there's a discord made by people in the approx. region that we are at right now that i recently joined : https://discord.gg/67nqYY5c.
Ciao!
bruh how tf did I get this one wrong 😭 I could've sworn it would be C wtffff
it happens
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?
For me, it depends on the question. If the question was straightforward and I'm confident in my reasoning, then I don't watch the video. If the question was challenging and I was stuck between two choices, or maybe I don't understand why one choice was incorrect, even though I got the question correct, then I'll watch the video.
I personally still watch to see if we used similar reasonings!
I'm glad you asked this. I was wondering what people do as well. I watch the explanations even when I get questions right for extra training on thinking through the answer choices logically. My decisions can be very quick when it's timed so I find it necessary to practice slowing it down and thinking it through. It'll help with the harder questions later on and it reinforces logical thinking in general. Sometimes I do skip ahead in the video to the next answer choice if I'm being impatient but I like to hear the reasoning for each AC. It's really the metacognition that brings the most growth so the more I think about the way I think, the more I improve.
I personally watch every explanation, even though I'm usually selecting the correct answer. My reasoning is that I've heard numerous folks on podcasts and online mention that a key difference between those earning high 160s versus those earning 170s is that the latter know why the wrong answer is wrong while the former focus on why the correct answer is correct. I like to spend time reflecting on that while JY explains it, ensuring I was right about why I thought the wrong answers were wrong.
What I do is I do a blind review and write down for each answer why I think it is right or wrong. Then I read the explanation. If my explanation for why it is wrong more or less matches up with JY's, then I don't watch the video. If there is a major discrepancy or any answer I can't fully explain why it is incorrect / if I get the whole question incorrect then I watch the video
Literally was gonna go with D and then i read adults and went with E my logic makes no sense lmao
D was my first choice but I changed to A because the argument says "regardless of age." Can someone please clarify why it's D a little further even though it stats regardless of age.
@Chi. D states that most people moving out of Weston are parents with children, implying that entire families are moving out at a time. D also states that those staying or moving in to Weston are older people who live alone.
Because the upcoming census counts all residents regardless of age, this implies that the next census will record mostly entire families consisting of at least 1 parent and at least 1 child leaving Weston in pairs at the very least. Meanwhile, older people are moving in to Weston 1 at a time.
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!
WESTON go patriots
@Arshavin GO PATRIOTS, GO CELTICS
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’m much better at weaken than strengthen
Got D in BR but it was sooooo obvious in retrospective
to easy
I was debating either D or E. But then I realize that it doesn't really mention young people moving. In the stimulus it talks about "households" moving. So that's when I picked D.
how does affirming the second assumption strengthen? wouldn't that just mean the population stays the same?