just sliding in to say i am in a similar boat!!

how on earth is "received and interpreted" the same thing as "affected development"? i crossed out all the answer choices at first, then spent like 5 min trying to find the right one after crossing them all out, then landed on D because it seemed the most plausible, athough not perfect

interested, just dm'ed you

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@MF218 C is incorrect because it's a necessary/sufficiency error. We only know what is necessary for artwork to be truly great, not what is sufficient for artwork to be truly great

Diagrammed out, the stimulus says:

Art truly great -> originality and far-reaching influence

/originality or /far-reaching influence -> /art truly great

AC C says: originality + far-reaching influence -> art truly great

@TLoveStat I think you did the diagramming wrong. We need to negate the sufficient condition for A since it's an exclusive Or, group 3 conditional indicator.

So:

/economy weak -> investment decreasing

/investment decreasing -> economy weak

We know from the stimulus that both of these statements are false

@minimeech AC C isn't saying that prices don't also need to be constant for the economy to be weak. It's simply stating one of the necessary conditions - there could be other necessary conditions, that AC C isn't negating

@meepmeep If you diagram it, any good garden compost can be used for soil drainage and fertility. As a contrapositive, if you can't use it for soil drainage and fertility, then it's not a good garden compost. The compost that emits a strong ammonia smell should not be used for soil drainage and fertility, so therefore it's not a good garden compost. We only need one the ammonia smell to be there to trigger the contrapositive, it doesn't matter that it's dark brown in color.

Diamgrammed:

good garden compost -> used for soil drainage and fertility

/used for soil drainage and fertility -> /good garden compost

strong ammonia smell -> /used for soil drainage and fertility ->/good garden compost

You could also think about this with set logic. Anything that emits a strong ammonia smell is by default NOT within the set "good garden compost" based on what the stimulus says. So, E is the correct choice.

@Sofialloydstill because it's a MSS question, we have to infer that outsiders do not have experience. Using the contrapositive of the conditionals stated in the stimulus, if you don't have experience, you do not have understanding, and therefore do not have the ability to propose solutions that can solve problems.

Conditional

Solve problems -> understanding -> experience

Contrapositive

/experience -> /understanding -> /solve problems

Answer choice C specifies "creative solutions IN A FIELD" so we know we are talking about people to whom this conditional and contrapositive applies, so the proposed successful solution can only be made by someone with understanding and therefore experience in the field

please give a better explanation in the method of reasoning section

@TishaBrahmbhatt elementary school students are not impaired in some way, whereas every other case the people are

I chose E, thinking that an inability to promise to do something not within one's control = promise can't be kept....can anyone help give a deeper explanation why E is wrong

Hi, curious to hear thoughts on any advantages in applying ED to a T14 school ?

@MorganWhite needed this, thank you

fix the analysis to show that there are other inferences that can be diagrammed, namely, Knight -> /Lind and the contrapositives