I also figured B was correct because the stimulus states that there is a great "advantage to home owners" specifically. and B (the profits made by the home lighting industry) would not matter to the homeowners - is this a good line of thought?
I was looking at "a fact that the government and the home lighting industry are eager to change" and thought to myself the profit would be an important piece of information for cost benefit analysis from the industry POV. But the "the opinion of current users of low-wattage bulbs as to their effectiveness" is just an opinion and not a fact therefore shouldn't be put on the scale of measuring the cost and benefit. Like, I was thinking, we should consider this from the POVs of home owners, the government, and the industry - the cost of manufacturing and distribution against the benefit of increased profit, the cost of idk incentivizing changes or waste management or whatever against the lower usage of electricity, the cost of switching bulbs against the change in monthly electricity bills...
I had so much trouble with this one! It didn't click that I should be considering what is the least useful for the homeowners. What was the process of knowing to put yourself in the perspective of the homeowner here instead of the government or the home lighting industry?
@laurenstudies Not sure if this is helpful or even correct, but the way I approached this question was by finding the four answer choices that ARE useful to know in evaluating the argument (which is that even though low-wattage bulbs are more expensive than normal bulbs, their advantages are enormous and therefore everyone should use low-wattage bulbs). Once I found those four answer choices that WERE useful to know, I was left with the "correct answer". Idk if that makes any sense lol but that's just kind of how my brains processed this
“Burning” is a misleading word choice for answer choice A, I have never in my life heard of turning on lightbulbs being referred to as “burning”. In the interpretation of “burning” in the more common use of the verb answer choice A is much more irrelevant than answer choice B.
@christianranalli77 I agree, I thought the author was referring to disposing of the bulbs as "burning." I have also not ever encountered that as a verb ever. I guess that wouldn't make sense though, to burn bulbs as disposal.
Maybe the author was trying to trick us with the use of that word.
Distinguish Premise and Conclusion (focus on conclusion) -- connect the correct answer to conclusion to see if the answer is indeed relevant to the conclusion (in this case--look for answer choice that is not relevant or LEAST useful to evaluate conclusion)
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i need to fucking read the question stem I swear my brain consistently glosses over the "least" or "except" every time
im ngl. I picked A because I assumed it literally meant burning lmfao
LOL
lololol bro that's awesome
it really do be like that
@benjamincpino if it makes you feel any better I took it literal too and also assumed they meant they're actually burning the bulbs
I also figured B was correct because the stimulus states that there is a great "advantage to home owners" specifically. and B (the profits made by the home lighting industry) would not matter to the homeowners - is this a good line of thought?
yes
To me B made the most sense because the conclusion was that it has an advantage to home owners and B does not support that
Unsure if this will help anyone else but me, I think of these questions as having an annoying argument with my younger sibling.
Some of these answer choices are just "Ok sure I would consider that" but for Weaken questions, I just have to think "Who cares about this fr"
Which brought me to B like genuinely who cares about the profits of the HL industry when I can have a low-wattage bulb.
Although this was low difficulty question, it allowed me to understand the fundamental of this concept
Same!
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Ohhh, well, that should have been easy. I'm just an idiot 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@MarieChavis Same, i felt so dumb after going through the question review.
Got this right and felt good! Until I saw it was a easy level question :( lol a win is a win i guess!
I accidentally was looking for the most useful. went and did the blind review and realized I misread the question
I got this right but i honestly found this question to be harder than 1 star... we dont see this question type/form a lot
I was looking at "a fact that the government and the home lighting industry are eager to change" and thought to myself the profit would be an important piece of information for cost benefit analysis from the industry POV. But the "the opinion of current users of low-wattage bulbs as to their effectiveness" is just an opinion and not a fact therefore shouldn't be put on the scale of measuring the cost and benefit. Like, I was thinking, we should consider this from the POVs of home owners, the government, and the industry - the cost of manufacturing and distribution against the benefit of increased profit, the cost of idk incentivizing changes or waste management or whatever against the lower usage of electricity, the cost of switching bulbs against the change in monthly electricity bills...
YAYAYA I got it right! :)
I had so much trouble with this one! It didn't click that I should be considering what is the least useful for the homeowners. What was the process of knowing to put yourself in the perspective of the homeowner here instead of the government or the home lighting industry?
@laurenstudies Not sure if this is helpful or even correct, but the way I approached this question was by finding the four answer choices that ARE useful to know in evaluating the argument (which is that even though low-wattage bulbs are more expensive than normal bulbs, their advantages are enormous and therefore everyone should use low-wattage bulbs). Once I found those four answer choices that WERE useful to know, I was left with the "correct answer". Idk if that makes any sense lol but that's just kind of how my brains processed this
LEAST useful! LEAST! They put it in CAPS and I still skipped that part.
One star...
Ya lol who cares about the company. I want my bulbs
“Burning” is a misleading word choice for answer choice A, I have never in my life heard of turning on lightbulbs being referred to as “burning”. In the interpretation of “burning” in the more common use of the verb answer choice A is much more irrelevant than answer choice B.
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@christianranalli77 I agree, I thought the author was referring to disposing of the bulbs as "burning." I have also not ever encountered that as a verb ever. I guess that wouldn't make sense though, to burn bulbs as disposal.
Maybe the author was trying to trick us with the use of that word.
LOL who else thought burning meant literally lighting the bulbs on fire like what does have to do w anything good bye
I picked B and then last minute went with D smuh !!
I picked B then chose D in the blind review lol
Distinguish Premise and Conclusion (focus on conclusion) -- connect the correct answer to conclusion to see if the answer is indeed relevant to the conclusion (in this case--look for answer choice that is not relevant or LEAST useful to evaluate conclusion)
Answered this question so fast I was thinking I got it wrong at first lol
I got one right finally.
cost-benefit analysis...maybe i can find a use for my econ degree after all