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Question for Stacey Regarding Analysis of a practice problem

by hk_4u » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:43 pm
Hi Stacey

Thanks for the wonderful articles you have written at BTG. They are an immense help to all the students.

In regards to your "How to analyze a practice problem" article, I have a few questions.

How to apply the 3rd point (How well did I or could I RECOGNIZE what was going on?) while analyzing CR & RC questions ?

In case of SC , I feel by connections you meant the various patterns and forms of usage one comes across while solving OG questions.

In case of Quant, connections could mean the ability to recognize and solve a question testing the same areas again.

But I think CR and RC questions are a little different. Once you have figured out the topic of the question, you have to find the best answer as per the basics( correct ans type/common wrong ans type) of that topic.

How can I make CONNECTIONS with CR & RC questions ?
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by Stacey Koprince » Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:33 am
CR and RC are based on the type of thinking you have to do to get to the correct answer. So, for example, if I recognize that a problem is a CR Draw a Conclusion problem, now I know:

- I won't find a conclusion in the argument, only premises
- I need to find an answer that MUST be true according to some (but not necessarily all) of those premises
- I can cross anything off that uses any kind of assumption beyond the premises

That's true for ALL Draw a Conclusion questions - I just need to recognize that that's what I have. For any RC and CR question types, you can (and should!) have a "shortlist" (similar to the one above) of the things you should expect to see and the things you should do for questions of that specific type.

For RC, you can also recognize certain types of passages. Go find these in OG:

- a passage that introduces two or three competing theories or explanations for some phenomenon (and possibly concludes with the author indicating that one of the theories is the better / best one or with the author indicating that all of the theories fall short in some way)
- a passage that gives the point of some scientific or historical research (eg, some hypothesis was confirmed, or some hypothesis was denied), with evidence to back up the research and possibly some discussion of implications or additional research to be done
- a passage that introduces a situation or problem and advocates for a particular course of action or result

Then, if you recognize that you have a certain kind of passage, that helps you to organize the information more quickly and in a more useful way.
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