Conditional Reasoning

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Conditional Reasoning

by ranjeet75 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:15 pm
Whether Conditional Reasoning is tested on GMAT.

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by prodizy » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:09 am
What is this conditional reasoning man? Are you talking about causal relationships?
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by ranjeet75 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:02 pm
[quote="prodizy"]What is this conditional reasoning man? Are you talking about causal relationships?[/quote]

Causal relationships are definitely asked in Weaken & Strengthen Questions. Conditional Reasoning means Formal Logic. The question or premise that contains Sufficient and Necessary Conditions like, If, then, only if, only, unless, etc.

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by prodizy » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:26 pm
Hey CR is all about common sense - but the underlying concepts are what you mentioned: necessary and sufficient conditions, if, then etc. Veritas even start their CR coaching with a session on logic. But, I feel that you don't need to know formal logic to crack CR questions, but some basic knowledge won't hurt. It's mostly common sense :)
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