Critical Reasoning

arora007 wrote:In interviews with jurors inquiring how they arrived at their verdicts, researchers found that 40% of the references jurors made were to factors that had not been included in courtroom testimony. to improve the jury system, the researchers suggested that judges give instructions to the jury at the beginning of a trial rather than at the end. they argued that this would permit jurors to concentrate on the most relevant evidence rather than filling in gaps with their own assumptions, which have little to do with the legality of a case.

question: the answer to which of the following questions is LEAST directly relevant to evaluating the researchers' suggestion above?

A. is it possible for a judge to instruct a jury at the end of a trial in such a way that jurors will disregard any irrelevant factors that had been using to weigh the evidence? -
Yes - researchers suggestion will be helpful
No - researchers suggestion will not be helpful

B.will a jury that hears a judge's instruction at the beginning of a trial be able to weigh the evidence accordingly once that evidence has actually been presented?
Yes - It will help a lot to Jury, researchers suggestion will be helpful
No - It will not help to Jury, researchers suggestion will not be helpful

C.will having judges give instructions at the beginning of a trial rather than at the end significantly alter the customary procedures employed by the judicial system?
Yes - Judicial system will be altered. What is the impact on the researchers suggestion? This is not helping to conclusion
No - Judicial system will not be altered. What is the impact on the researchers suggestion? This is not helping to conclusion

D. when jurors are queried as to how they arrived at their verdicts, does their interpretation of their decision-making process include many references to factors that were not, in fact, influential?
Yes - If their references are based on non-influential factors, then researchers suggestion is helpful
No - If their references are not based on non-influential factors, then researchers suggestion is required

E. if jurors hear the judge's instructions at the beginning of a trial, what percentage of the factors that influence their decisions will be matters that were not presented in the evidence?
Yes - If % is more then researchers need to suggest
No - if % is less then researchers need not to suggest


Source Kaplan CD companion test 2

OA C

While reading this question i somehow got so lost... and the answer choices did not help either.
Eventually after understanding nothing i gave up and got the answer wrong...and lost precious 4:38 minutes,
how can one address such a situation?

adi_800 wrote:I am between A and C.
Cany anyone tell how A is not relevant?

kmittal82 wrote:I can totally understand what you are saying, the question is pretty taxing and its easy to get lost in the words. The best way I hv found is to write down the key points in some shorthand notation

jurors make ref. to factors not in testimony -> judge should tell them at the beginning of the trial not to do so instead of telling them at the end -> this way jurors will know right from the beginning to concentrate only on relevant factors presented in the testimony -> helps improve judicial system.

In the analysis, (C) highlights a more "general" point i.e. "customary procedures" of the judicial system. The passage doesn't talk about said procedures, it only talks about one of the aspects of it, hence (C) seems the most irrelevant.

diebeatsthegmat wrote:

kmittal82 wrote:I can totally understand what you are saying, the question is pretty taxing and its easy to get lost in the words. The best way I hv found is to write down the key points in some shorthand notation

jurors make ref. to factors not in testimony -> judge should tell them at the beginning of the trial not to do so instead of telling them at the end -> this way jurors will know right from the beginning to concentrate only on relevant factors presented in the testimony -> helps improve judicial system.

In the analysis, (C) highlights a more "general" point i.e. "customary procedures" of the judicial system. The passage doesn't talk about said procedures, it only talks about one of the aspects of it, hence (C) seems the most irrelevant.

hey, may i ask you a question?
you said you like writing down key words to understand the whole CR, how long does it take you to write down em? it took meat least 2 mins to write down those word you did from jurors made ref. to judicial system. while we just allow to do the CR in 1 min and 15 seconds....