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- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:04 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: heart disease
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5403
Re: steel
The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills. In fact, the quotas will help “mini-mills” flourish in the United States. Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big American steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel...
- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:55 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: steel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2637
conclusion: dioxin is unlikely to be the cause of change in hormone concentration in fish to weaken we must show that dioxin is likely to be the cause A. out of scope B. out of scope C. correct. dioxin is likely to be the cause as normal currents cause dioxin to reach downstream in a few hours D. o...
- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:50 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Biologists: Weakening
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2328
I understand the some part.
However, just because "Normal river currents carry the dioxin present in the river far downstream in a few hours" doesn't mean that it is cause.
- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:11 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Biologists: Weakening
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2328
conclusion: dioxin is unlikely to be the cause of change in hormone concentration in fish to weaken we must show that dioxin is likely to be the cause A. out of scope B. out of scope C. correct. dioxin is likely to be the cause as normal currents cause dioxin to reach downstream in a few hours D. o...
- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Biologists: Weakening
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2328
Re: Norway teen smokers
Many people argue that tobacco advertising plays a crucial role in causing teen-agers to start or continue smoking. In Norway, however, where there has been a ban on tobacco advertising since 1975, smoking is at least as prevalent among teen-agers as it is in countries that do not ban such advertis...
- by vinaynp
Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:43 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Norway teen smokers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2501
I was thinking in terms of correlation does not imply causation theory. I was assuming that there is no causal relation at all.vinaynp wrote:IMO C). I don't know how to explain this though.
I missed on there is no consistent causal link .
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:37 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Assumption
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1896
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:26 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Assumption
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1896
Just because a test fail to distinguish among DNA samples taken from distinct individuals doesn't mean that it says the DNA samples are same.
Hence IMO B)
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:20 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Flaw in Logic/ Weakening
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
IMO B) by POE.
D) and E) are not possible. The conclusion is a contradiction to the second sentence.
C) The 1st and second sentence talk about two different things.
A) The conclusion is re-iterating the 1st sentence. There is no derivation.
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Parallel Reasoning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1214
IMO B. "B. Dormant strains of the simian virus are often difficult to detect." It says that the virus is difficult to detect, thus questions the initial correlation that 'simian virus has been correlated with population density in gorillas'. Thus it says that, this high density is not the...
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Question I'm writing for interactive GMAT site--Magoosh
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2177
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:57 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GNP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2247
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:52 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Question I'm writing for interactive GMAT site--Magoosh
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2177
- by vinaynp
Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:48 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: bravo airlines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4543
Re: Money per mile
We need to showcase that state has inadequate road system.
A) Other state is OOS.
B) We are not talking about doing businesses.
C) Business moving doesn't prove that state has an inadequate
road system.
D) Additional Information.
IMO E) proves that state has inadequate road system.
- by vinaynp
Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:23 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Money per mile
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2375