problem with 2 lr questions, please help! Forum

[Adrian Monk]

Hey guys!

I really have a problem with 2 lr questions. they are method of reasoning q's. they are prep test 28, section, 1, q 25 (double blind study )

and also prep test 27, section 2, q 21 (employee, payee)

please, guys would appreciate your help in breaking down why the correct answer is correct, and would also love to hear how you guys approach these q' types, any tips/strategies? thank you!

[DaRascal]

Dude, stay calm. You're going to end up going into shock and not being able to finish these 2 questions. Relax... Relax... Goosfraba.

[js1663]

For PT 27 S4 Q1,

The argument shows how employee, payee, and detainee all refer to the person affected by someone else's actions and it draws a conclusion that ending in ee desginates the person affected.

It then shows that this isn't true, because absentee can refer to the person affected or person doing the action.

So, to keep the rule true about 'ee designating the person affected, it adds in a new rule. It says that it must affect 1 person in a two person transaction. This rules out absentee, which could've been used for just one person.

As such, the answer is D in that it narrows down the scope so that the counterexample is no longer relevant.

[js1663]

For PT 25, the study is concerned with determining the outcome of using a certain medication. As such, McKinley says the best way to determine this is with a double blind study, even though in this case they can't do it because they'll be able to tell which are on the actual medication due to known effects.

Engle replies that that can't be known, because to say that you know how it effects the patient would mean you already know the answer to the study, which you clearly don't or you wouldn't be conducting the study.

However, he's mistaken in that he assumes the effects McKinley is talking about are the desired effects of the drugs. They could just be the side effects while the study would be to determine whether the desired effects are occurring. As such, he assume McKinley is referring to the desired therapeutic effect when really McKinley was talking about known side effects.