SAs are what justifies the conclusion. Without SA, the conclusion does not make sense.
NAs are required for the argument as a whole. Without NA, the argument will fall apart. A NA could be a Strengthen, SA that makes the argument more powerful or stronger, but it does not have to be.
The level of rendering strength to the argument is not important when looking for NA among the ACs. because NAs can be weak statements among ACs that we might ignore them at first.
One way to determine whether an AC is a NA or not is to negate it. When you negate it, that means you are looking to see whether the argument would still stand without it or not.
Sufficient assumption: You're looking for what will solidify the conclusion. The Question stem helps in this; "Which one of the following, if assumed, ENABLES the economics professor's conclusion to be properly drawn?" in other words which answer if assumed will make the conclusion solid. Necessary assumption: you're looking for the answer that must be true in order for the premises to support conclusion. Question stem words that signal NA: required /es), depends... or language that implies essentialness.
I don't get how to apply this. The stems don't seem to be responsible for my wrong answers, but I did poorly on this exercise. I just take each stem in the context of the question and there is no confusion for me about what is being asked. So, what's the matter with me?
#feedback this was actually so helpful. Seeing the two back to back like this helped me connect the differences in language between the different stems
Then how is "Which one of the following is an assumption the argument requires in order for its conclusion to be properly drawn?" from PT111.S3.Q22 (rattlesnake) Necessary Assumption? Its question stem is a classic Sufficient Assumption, according to this drill. But when you hit Analytics for that question, it says it's NA, not SA. Any answers would be appreciated.
@suhyahn I believe it is the word "requires" that makes the difference here. It is written in a way that is meant to trip people up though. It is similar to Question 4, but with some added words. But the important part is required for the conclusion = necessary.
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for anyone who needs help, NA uses strong words like required/ depends on while SA uses the word assume/properly drawn a lot!
Sufficient is soft power; Necessary is Hard power.
Proud of myself that I got all 55 correct. So Happy I'm able to distinguish between the two.. this was very helpful.
SAs are what justifies the conclusion. Without SA, the conclusion does not make sense.
NAs are required for the argument as a whole. Without NA, the argument will fall apart. A NA could be a Strengthen, SA that makes the argument more powerful or stronger, but it does not have to be.
The level of rendering strength to the argument is not important when looking for NA among the ACs. because NAs can be weak statements among ACs that we might ignore them at first.
One way to determine whether an AC is a NA or not is to negate it. When you negate it, that means you are looking to see whether the argument would still stand without it or not.
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Website error: Question 17, 18, 35, 38, and 53 are all duplicates
@snappy.gao They probably took the question stems from a bunch of actual SA and NA questions and know that there are many duplicates.
Sufficient assumption: You're looking for what will solidify the conclusion. The Question stem helps in this; "Which one of the following, if assumed, ENABLES the economics professor's conclusion to be properly drawn?" in other words which answer if assumed will make the conclusion solid. Necessary assumption: you're looking for the answer that must be true in order for the premises to support conclusion. Question stem words that signal NA: required /es), depends... or language that implies essentialness.
@Chanda.m this is a great explanation, thank you!
i feel like this is the first time i actually understand the difference between the two. it's finally clicking!
does anyone else not see the answer choices?
@LucaDiCenso I dont see it
I don't get how to apply this. The stems don't seem to be responsible for my wrong answers, but I did poorly on this exercise. I just take each stem in the context of the question and there is no confusion for me about what is being asked. So, what's the matter with me?
#feedback this was actually so helpful. Seeing the two back to back like this helped me connect the differences in language between the different stems
55 out of 55 LETSGO
Then how is "Which one of the following is an assumption the argument requires in order for its conclusion to be properly drawn?" from PT111.S3.Q22 (rattlesnake) Necessary Assumption? Its question stem is a classic Sufficient Assumption, according to this drill. But when you hit Analytics for that question, it says it's NA, not SA. Any answers would be appreciated.
@suhyahn I believe it is the word "requires" that makes the difference here. It is written in a way that is meant to trip people up though. It is similar to Question 4, but with some added words. But the important part is required for the conclusion = necessary.
I would love if we could have these kinds of skill builders on some of the earlier lessons!
Isn't Question 33 a PSA/Rule Application question?
@epayne17
PSA = helps to justify
SA = justifies
PSA strengthens but does not guarantee the conclusions proper inference.
SA guarantees the conclusion is properly inferred.
53/55 in 5 mins
55/55 in not even 3-4 minutes lets gooo
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55/55. I can distinguish the questions but have trouble getting the right answer for the actual SA and NA questions. Anyone else?
54/55 my brain went on autopilot for one of em
55/55 goated
@BrigidCarlin still can't do SA to save my life though
36/55 in under 7 min
@legallyhaya you got this bestie
My tutor shared this strategy for me for figuring our SA vs NA question stems which helped me a lot with this exercise:
If the question stem has "IF" in is, it is a SA
If the question stem does not have "IF" in it, it is a NA
@CheyenneSimpson even simpler if the argument depends/requires NAQ -- otherwise SAQ
No I just need to understand the difference between pseudo-sufficient assumption and sufficient assumption
conclusion = sufficient, argument = necessary