PT110.S2.Q9

PrepTest 110 - Section 2 - Question 9

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Support A university study reported that between 1975 and 1983 the length of the average workweek in a certain country increased significantly. █ ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ █████ █████ █ ███████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ███████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████ ████████ ████ ████ ████ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████████████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ████████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author concludes that there’s no need to look further for an explanation of the difference between the results the university study arrived at and the results the governmental study arrived at because each study used a different method of investigation.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author reasons that since the university study and governmental study used different methods of investigation, there’s no need to look for another explanation of the studies arriving at different results. However, the argument is flawed because the author fails to consider that two studies using different methods of investigation doesn’t guarantee that they’ll arrive at different results. Different investigation methods can arrive at the same result.

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9.

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a

distinguish between a █████ ████████ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ██████████ ███ █ █████ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ██████████ ████████

b

distinguish between a ██████ ██ █████████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ██ █████████████

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recognize that only ███ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████████ █████████

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recognize that two █████████ ███████ ██ █████████████ ███ █████ █████████ ███████

e

recognize that varying ████████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ████████ ██ ██████

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