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Source: OG 12th Ed Frazier and Mosteller assert that medical research could be improved by a move toward larger, simpler clinical trials of medical treatments. Currently, researchers collect far more background information on patients than is strictly required for their trials—substantially more ...
- by pnk
Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:43 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Frazier
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3553
Hi Becky, Pls help me with this: The primary purpose of the passage is: a) defending a controversial approach b) criticizing an accepted view c) summarizing research findings d) contrasting competing theories e) describing an innovative technique [spoiler]OA - C; but confused btn C & E. Passage ...
- by pnk
Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:08 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: After evidence
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5098
Hi Rahul, We can also solve this by finding couples always sitting together and thn subtracting from 1. Using this, could you find error in my approach. I am not able to find one: 5 people = individual 1 (I1) + couple 1 (C1)+couple 2 (C2) => 3 people only I will try to find possibilities where c1 an...
- by pnk
Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:47 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permuatations and probability
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2136
Newspaper editor: Law enforcement experts - Assumption ?
Newspaper editor: Law enforcement experts, as well as most citizens, have finally come to recognize that legal prohibitions against gambling all share a common flaw: no matter how diligent the effort, the laws are impossible to enforce. Ethical qualms notwithstanding, when a law fails to be effectiv...
- by pnk
Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Newspaper editor: Law enforcement experts - Assumption ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2478
- by pnk
Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:50 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bold Face - Greeks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1623
Political fund-raisers tend to have greater success when soliciting donations if they let people know that others have already contributed to the cause in question. These fund-raisers must walk a fine line, however, since people will feel little motivation to donate to a political group that they be...
- by pnk
Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:54 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Political fund-raisers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1816
Conclusion: Greeks actually adopted alphabetic writing at least two centuries earlier Evidence: (1) the text of these earliest surviving Greek inscriptions sometimes runs from right to left and sometimes from left to right. (2)Now Greeks learned alphabetic writing from the Phoenicians, (3) Originall...
- by pnk
Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:46 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bold Face - Greeks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1623
Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would...
- by pnk
Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:58 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Family Care policy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4650
Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would...
- by pnk
Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:57 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Family Care policy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4650
- by pnk
Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Weaken The Argument
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3409
Thanks Mitch. Some of the takeaways for me are: 1) whether a modifier is a prepositional modifier or adverbial modifier or other depends on what it modifies'. 2) a prepositional modifier will begin with a preposition 3) prepositional modifier act as adjective modifier or adverb modifier - depends on...
- by pnk
Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Understanding various modifiers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1565
Two couples and one single person are seated at random in a row of five chairs. What is the probability that neither of the couples sits together in adjacent chairs? a.1/5 b 1/4 c 3/8 d 2/5 e 1/2 OA -[spoiler]D bit I get 2/15[/spoiler] I am not able to understand how my calculation is not correct. ...
- by pnk
Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:35 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability - Couples
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13368
Thanks Anurag. I get confused when the same phrase takes different roles: 1) According to its designers, a recently improved type of technological device could, by shutting down potentially dangerous reactions within lithium-ion batteries, prevent laptops and mobile phones from catching fire - here ...
- by pnk
Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Understanding various modifiers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1565
Understanding various modifiers
Hi, I am not able to understand 'when a modifier' is adverbial or adjective or prepositional etc. It will be great if someone can explain with example various modifiers "adverbial modifiers, adjective modifiers, prepositional modifiers etc". Pls also give tips on how to identify them. Any ...
- by pnk
Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Understanding various modifiers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1565
I was asked by PM to help with this question. Another error: In A and C the phrase their home suggests that all the indigenous people were living in one single home. The other answers solve this issue by omitting the pronoun their : many indigenous people...left home . Hope this helps! Hi Mitch, 't...
- by pnk
Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: War torn region of africa
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2936