I can def see how stated questions prey on our implicit biases

For me, AC A looked attractive at first but when I skimmed the passage I didn't remember anything about actual trials so once I got to AC C I knew it was right.

On blind review I reviewed the passage and confirmed that A wasn't right because the passage specifically said "no actual trials".

Right now, writing out the low res summaries really helps me to stay anchored to the passage.

@Evanspecker I'm happy to see others made the same mistake I did. Literally face palmed when I did BR

the road trip analogy was great

i think this question is a great example of the importance of understanding the patterns on this test. i had no clue what the stimulus was talking about and wasted a lot of time trying to comprehend it. But I selected A because it says the opposite of one of the claims the author made. this cant be a necessary assumption if it contradicts a statement in the stimulus.

once i noticed that, i selected A (even though I was sure I was going to get it wrong).

this one felt a lot more complicated at first glance than the rating it has lol

@saulgoodman13 I feel like this one tries to play on our biases I saw it as in order for C to be right, we had to assume that one might prefer to eat sooner rather than wait for a pizza. We would have to decide what is considered the cost vs the benefits and once you do that, your implicit bias would have already taken over.

What if I care more about the ease of eating rather than the length of time? What if I cared more about eating as soon as possible? AC C brings about all these questions because it's not a real cost benefit analysis.

@shreyavpatel1@gmail.com its a most claim so the negation would be "some". so we can't conclude that if you're sympathetic then you must not be an editor because some editors are sympathetic

this question absolutely sucked

this was one of the best explanation videos I've watched. The explanation of the shallow vs deep dive literally changed my brain chemistry. I was able to get the question right before watching the video and it took some time but after JY explained that I have so much confidence I can get better at these with more practice.

I'm wrapping up learning the fundamentals and I'm excited to get started drilling. I'd love to connect now so when I'm ready for a tutor I'll have your contact info!

@KUROUSHFAIZRAFATIAN I believe the reason is because AC C emphasized that the computer identified proportionally more heart attacks than the cardiologist but it fails to consider if the program was correct in also identifying when patients were not having them. What if it identified 75/100 but only 30/100 of them actually had heart attacks whereas the cardiologist identified 23/100 of the correct 30?

I believe the key here is "proportion". If it said accuracy then we'd have to have a different conversation. AC C acknowledges that the stimulus ignores important factors.

im still struggling to wrap my head around "takes for granted", any tips?

I selected B because I took safety to mean "food safety" and thought the proponent contradicted himself because the rays would have no effect on botulism bacteria which is a threat to food safety.

Yeah AC A was crazy lol. Luckily I had put the answer in my own words and went hunting. So when POE left me with ACs A and E, I assumed A had to be correct because E wasn't landing for me.

@Mari_on_nette i second this method. i've actually been using the hunting method moreso than POE because my instinct is usually more correct than when reading the ACs and becoming underconfident.

@AliGoldberg if I'm not mistaken, I believe if you take the test virtually you will have the highlighting and underlining options. If they offer it on pen and paper you're allowed to mark it up

Darn, the grammar got me on this one. I correctly labeled it as the conclusion but when I went hunting for the answer, I couldn't fully comprehend AC A and POE made C look like a better choice.

Darn, the grammar got me on this one. I correctly labeled it as the conclusion but when I went hunting for the answer, I couldn't fully comprehend AC A and POE made C look like a better choice.

@TheodoraMace You have to trust that with practice, you'll start to pick up on patterns and answering the questions will become easier and quicker.

Maybe try to take some time to watch outside videos (Kevin Li's are great) that will explain how to spot patterns in right and wrong choices.

@AngelPerez Because the argument claims those who drive best with the supervisor are likely to be the best driver, it is necessary to assume that all drivers are impacted to the same extent or else the argument falls apart.

What if driver A drives 5x better under supervision because they're being held accountable whereas driver B has testing anxiety and therefore drives 2x worse than normal? This would destroy the argument. Since they aren't impacted to the same extent, we wouldn't be able to conclude which drivers are better under normal conditions.

I hope this helps! This was how I selected the correct answer (negating the answer I believe is correct to evaluate it helps me with this questions).

@CMas Even though he suggested against this because of time constraints, what helps me is finding the answer I believe is correct then negating it. This allows me to see if that AC would destroy the argument or not. If negated answer makes the argument fall apart, chances are its the right answer.

This def isn't full proof but I've found success when I took the time to do that. Once you get a grasp of that, then you can watch videos (Kevin Li's are great) that help you understand the patterns of these questions so it can help your speed.

Good luck! Im not sure if this will work but this is what I'm doing because I'm also struggling with this question type. Practice, practice, practice!!!!

@cwferrari my exact same thought process

I definitely took the word property entirely too literal and was confused when none of the answers seemed right. I saw my mistake on BR lol.

@ggasca21 that's exact reason i selected c, thought d was too specific