thephoenix wrote:here the ans has to be A
A stimulus ,which claims a conclusion on the basis of a survey, the correct answer in most of the cases will be proving that the survey conducted is valid or the data provided are true...
here in the survey only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported
now a answer which will show that the respondents were actually Financially successful will be the correct one

pnk wrote:Financial success does not guarantee happiness. This claim is not mere proverbial wisdom but a fact verified by statistics. In a recently concluded survey, only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy.

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conclusion drawn from the survey results?
(A) The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful.
(B) Financial success was once thought to be necessary for happiness but is no longer considered a prerequisite for happiness.
(C) Many of the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy five years ago.
(D) Many of the respondents who failed to report financial success were in fact financially successful.
(E) Most of the respondents who reported they were unhappy were in fact happy.

[spoiler]OA: A; What is the problem with B - does it violate some characteristics of strengthen question??[/spoiler]

pnk wrote:Financial success does not guarantee happiness. This claim is not mere proverbial wisdom but a fact verified by statistics. In a recently concluded survey, only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy.

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conclusion drawn from the survey results?
(A) The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful.
(B) Financial success was once thought to be necessary for happiness but is no longer considered a prerequisite for happiness.
(C) Many of the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy five years ago.
(D) Many of the respondents who failed to report financial success were in fact financially successful.
(E) Most of the respondents who reported they were unhappy were in fact happy.

[spoiler]OA: A; What is the problem with B - does it violate some characteristics of strengthen question??[/spoiler]

diebeatsthegmat wrote:

pnk wrote:Financial success does not guarantee happiness. This claim is not mere proverbial wisdom but a fact verified by statistics. In a recently concluded survey, only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy.

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conclusion drawn from the survey results?
(A) The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful.
(B) Financial success was once thought to be necessary for happiness but is no longer considered a prerequisite for happiness.
(C) Many of the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy five years ago.
(D) Many of the respondents who failed to report financial success were in fact financially successful.
(E) Most of the respondents who reported they were unhappy were in fact happy.

[spoiler]OA: A; What is the problem with B - does it violate some characteristics of strengthen question??[/spoiler]

i still dont understand why the answer could be A. i chose C for this argument... well, this question woke my sleepy feeling up.
the argument claimed that anybody who is financially successful wont have a happiness and the survey showed that in group of surveyed people who are successful, 1/3 of em said they were not happy
A says "The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful" i dont think this option is a good one, i even thought its irrelevant to the thing we're caring here because all we care is to determine if the author of the argument concluded correctly about people who are successful has miserable life, unhappy!,
The purpose of the question is to find a sentence that supports the conclusion "Money does not bring happiness" and not to determine whether the author concluded correctly. Usually for this kind of question (strengthen/weaken) the answer has to bring some sort of new information that has not already been mentioned in the argument. Notice how the author said "nly one-third of the respondents who claimed. A makes this claim more of a fact. As such: Option A has brought new information that was not previously mentioned and 2) this newly brought information strengthens the conculsion "money does not guarantee happiness"
C says the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy 5 years ago. maybe 5 years ago they were not rich but they claimed they were happy. Bingo! that's what we wanted to support the conclusion.
i dont so much prefer option C because maybe/plausible/probably is something which is true or which is wrong however i have no other choices

tnaim wrote:

diebeatsthegmat wrote:

pnk wrote:Financial success does not guarantee happiness. This claim is not mere proverbial wisdom but a fact verified by statistics. In a recently concluded survey, only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy.

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conclusion drawn from the survey results?
(A) The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful.
(B) Financial success was once thought to be necessary for happiness but is no longer considered a prerequisite for happiness.
(C) Many of the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy five years ago.
(D) Many of the respondents who failed to report financial success were in fact financially successful.
(E) Most of the respondents who reported they were unhappy were in fact happy.

[spoiler]OA: A; What is the problem with B - does it violate some characteristics of strengthen question??[/spoiler]

i still dont understand why the answer could be A. i chose C for this argument... well, this question woke my sleepy feeling up.
the argument claimed that anybody who is financially successful wont have a happiness and the survey showed that in group of surveyed people who are successful, 1/3 of em said they were not happy
A says "The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful" i dont think this option is a good one, i even thought its irrelevant to the thing we're caring here because all we care is to determine if the author of the argument concluded correctly about people who are successful has miserable life, unhappy!,
The purpose of the question is to find a sentence that supports the conclusion "Money does not bring happiness" and not to determine whether the author concluded correctly. Usually for this kind of question (strengthen/weaken) the answer has to bring some sort of new information that has not already been mentioned in the argument. Notice how the author said "nly one-third of the respondents who claimed. A makes this claim more of a fact. As such: Option A has brought new information that was not previously mentioned and 2) this newly brought information strengthens the conculsion "money does not guarantee happiness"
C says the respondents who claimed not to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy 5 years ago. maybe 5 years ago they were not rich but they claimed they were happy. Bingo! that's what we wanted to support the conclusion.
i dont so much prefer option C because maybe/plausible/probably is something which is true or which is wrong however i have no other choices

[b]WHILE option C might make it sound that many of those who were not financially successful were happy, this does not strengthen the conclusion "money does not bring happiness". Note that option C and the conclusion discuss two opposite things: a) "money does not bring happiness" and b) many who were not financially successful were happy. You cannot infer from b) that money does not bring happiness because what about those who were financially successful? what if they were financially successful people who were happy?Option C does not address that!
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tnaim wrote:

What is that you don't understand?explain and I'll see whether I can help