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Astrologer: Although some scientists have claimed that there is no correlation between people's astrological signs and their personality types, Conclusion this claim is scientifically unjustified. █████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ███████ ████████ ███ ██████████████ ███ ███████████ ████ ████ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ████████ █ ███████████ ███████ ███████████ ████ ███ ███ █████ ███████████
Summarize Argument
The claim that there’s no connection between astrological signs and personality types is scientifically unjustified. Why? Because science can’t precisely distinguish personality types, which implies that scientific studies can’t prove or disprove correlations between personality types and other things.
Identify Argument Part
The referenced text supports the conclusion. Why is the claim scientifically unjustified? Because scientific studies can’t be used to disprove a correlation between astrological signs and personality types. The referenced text also has support of its own, making it a subsidiary conclusion. The referenced text is supported by the claim that science doesn't have precise criteria for distinguishing personality types.
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The referenced text supports the main conclusion. It doesn't support a subsidiary conclusion.
b
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The referenced text is supported by a premise—that science doesn’t have precise criteria for distinguishing personality types. And, it supports the main conclusion. Since it's both supported by a premise and supports the main conclusion, it's a subsidiary conclusion, which is what (B) describes.
c
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The overall conclusion is that the claim about a lack of correlation between astrological signs and personality types is unjustified. The referenced text supports that claim.
d
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The argument is trying to discredit the theory that astrology has no correlation to personality types. The referenced text isn’t summarizing that position.
e
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The referenced text isn’t a specific instance of anything. It’s a claim about whether or not science can disprove correlations about personality types. The author uses this claim to support the conclusion that it's unjustified to say there's no correlation between astrological signs and personality types.