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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:42 pm
Enrollment in graduate and professional programs tends to be high in a strong economy and much lower during reccessions. the perceived likelihood of future job availability, therefore, affects people's willingness to pass up immediate earning potential in order to invest in career related training.

the argument above assumes that
A. the perceived likelihood of job availability has decreased in recent years
B. all those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of futre job.
C. perceptions of the likelihood of job availability are related of the state of the economy.
D. those who enroll in graduate and professional schools during a strong economy help increase the economy's strength.
E. graduate and professional programs admit fewer students during recessions.

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by reply2spg » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:47 pm
Is it B?
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by Tani » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:01 pm
The answer is D. The new term in the conclusion is perception of job availability - it must be linked to enrollment. D is the only one that relates enrollment in school to perceptions about the economy.
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by ankurmit » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:55 pm
I would like to go with C
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by ankurmit » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:57 pm
Mam Tani Wolff - Are you sure its D

Or you wanted to select C and mentioned D by mistake
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by Tani » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:06 pm
Of course I meant C - just a typo - The one about perceptions is the correct one.
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by psychomath » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:21 am
C it should be...Thankfully that was a typo - above :-)
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by g000fy » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:44 am
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:Of course I meant C - just a typo - The one about perceptions is the correct one.
Lol. I chose C too. Your previous response had confused me :roll:
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by GMATMadeEasy » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:56 am
May be one can edit the OA in the original post. By the time reader comes to read this, he is shaken :) .
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by focusgmat » Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:40 am
Can anyone explain to me why option B is incorrect based on the negation rule for assumption question ? I feel I am making mistakes in assumption questions.

Will appreciate if any one can help me understand the negation rule when applied on option B and C in the above question.

My thoughts -

I chose B because I used the negation rules as follows.

B) NONE of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

This negation is weakening the conclusion of the arg. Hence , option B is the answer.

Please help. I learned this strategy from Manhattan strategy guides.
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by Testluv » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:08 am
focusgmat wrote:Can anyone explain to me why option B is incorrect based on the negation rule for assumption question ? I feel I am making mistakes in assumption questions.

Will appreciate if any one can help me understand the negation rule when applied on option B and C in the above question.

My thoughts -

I chose B because I used the negation rules as follows.

B) NONE of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

This negation is weakening the conclusion of the arg. Hence , option B is the answer.

Please help. I learned this strategy from Manhattan strategy guides.
The negation of ALL isn't NONE. Instead, the negation of ALL is NOT ALL or "only some".
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by focusgmat » Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:29 pm
Thank you, Testluv.
I corrected my notes as well. Now I understand why option B (using negation rule) doesn't weaken the conclusion.
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by mundasingh123 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:49 am
Testluv wrote:
focusgmat wrote:Can anyone explain to me why option B is incorrect based on the negation rule for assumption question ? I feel I am making mistakes in assumption questions.

Will appreciate if any one can help me understand the negation rule when applied on option B and C in the above question.

My thoughts -

I chose B because I used the negation rules as follows.

B) NONE of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

This negation is weakening the conclusion of the arg. Hence , option B is the answer.

Please help. I learned this strategy from Manhattan strategy guides.
All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.
All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do not do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

The negation of ALL isn't NONE. Instead, the negation of ALL is NOT ALL or "only some".
All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

1)All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

2)All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do not do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.
How do we apply the negation rule .Is it 1) or 2)?
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by Testluv » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:04 am
Hi Munda,

it would be neither 1 nor 2.

The negation of ALL DO would be NOT ALL DO or SOME DON'T. So it would be:

NOT all those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of futre job

which, here, for greater clarity we can rephrase to:

Some of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do NOT do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs

or

Some of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so for reasons other than the perceived lack of future jobs.
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by mundasingh123 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:09 am
Testluv wrote:Hi Munda,

it would be neither 1 nor 2.

The negation of ALL DO would be NOT ALL DO or SOME DON'T. So it would be:

NOT all those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of futre job

which, here, for greater clarity we can rephrase to:

Some of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do NOT do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs

or

Some of those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so for reasons other than the perceived lack of future jobs.
All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

1)Not All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

2)All those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do not do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.
Edited option 1. sorries problem with my browser or ie.
How do we apply the negation rule .Is it 1) or 2)?
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