English literature class

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English literature class

by stevecultt » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:17 pm
I am sorry. I do not know the correct answer for this. Pl. help me with this.

A teacher in an English literature class analyzed answers given by her students on
a written test and concluded that their answers for a given essay were right, on
average, 60 percent of the time.

The conclusion above depends on the presumption that_________________.

(A) literature classes can teach students successfully even if they are only right
a fraction of the time.
(B) teachers that analyze the success of their students are just as good teachers
as those that don't.
(C) teachers consistently teaching literature must be careful in giving essay tests
to avoid the presumption that their point of view is always correct.
(D) answers to essays on a literature exam are just as likely to be correct as they
are to be incorrect.
(E) it is possible to classify an answer to an essay question as being either right
or wrong.
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by [email protected] » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:52 pm
Hi stevecultt,

This SC has an odd "style", and odd wording, to it. What is the source of this question?

The prompt discusses a written/essay test and how students were "right" about 60% of the time. The author doesn't tell us what makes an essay response "right" or "wrong", but for the logic to hold, there must be some way to assess "right" and "wrong" on an essay.

That assumption/idea is only apparent in E

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