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Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems. According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical
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My answer is E.
Ritesh, D is wrong. Let us consider the argument.
Reva's argument can be summed up as follows - she dismisses a methodology (Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school ), and backs it up with an example.
Anne on the other hand, admits that the example is true, but says that there are many instances where the methodology has worked successfully.
She weaken's Reva's argument, by implying that Reva's argument is based on a single example which may not be typical. Thus E
Besides D makes an invalid assumption. None of the two assume a positive incentive.
Hope this helps
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I will go with D.
Reva says extraneous incentives - a negative incentive like revoking school dropout kid's driving licenses is not effective.
Anne counters this by saying extraneous incentives have improved attendance, which means that the extraneous incentives were positive ones
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Picked E.
D - Reva's argument does not assume that positive incentives are more effective, it just states an example bases on negative incentive being ineffective.
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Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change [#permalink]
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Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably.
Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems.
According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it
(A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses
(B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program
(C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years
(D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license
(E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical
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Bhai wrote: What is wrong with D?
Good question ! I actually picked D myself ! The only reason I can think of why E is better than D, is only because of the direct mention of the west virginia incentive program. D on the other hand, attempts to generalise the argument made by Reva, making it seem like Reva made the conclusion/assumption based on the observations made across several instances, when it actually only involved only one institute. Someone might have a better idea...
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D can be easily rejected because, it is out of scope of the passage to assume good incentive and bad incentive
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I always find myself taking longer and performing poorly in [#permalink]
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I always find myself taking longer and performing poorly in these type of CR's. Can anyone offer any advise as to how I may improve in such questions.
Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems.
According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical
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Re: CR: extraneous incentives [#permalink]
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bigfernhead wrote: I choose E. x97agarwal wrote: I always find myself taking longer and performing poorly in these type of CR's. Can anyone offer any advise as to how I may improve in such questions.
Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems.
According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses -> this is too specific and is not conveyed by anne's response.anne looks at reva's argument much more than perspective of a driving licence. -> eliminate (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program -> drop out rates hardly matter and drop out rates is not the point in the argument,point is that the deviced incentive program meant to change teenargers attitude failed -> eliminate (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years -> out of scope ,it does not matter to anne what parents think (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license -> this is quite close but here REVA does not talk about any positive approach neither does she refute any such .So this does not fully support.. (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical-> this is apt here since it relates to the given context.Reva takes a simple example to prove the point that devised incentive program never work but anne refutes her and says [color=#FF00FF]but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful this statement itself proves that anne supports her argument over that of REVA with other examples which are opposite to REVA's.> [/color]correct
Funda in solving CR is just READ READ and READ.  actually if we read properly the argument answer is just hidden in the argument.I usually follow pOE ,it sort of works.one should eliminate extreme choices.They are never correct.Also dont use ur own brains anywhere .This i learnt.We need to think in a way author thinks any other info other than the one conveyed by author and is related to argument might lead to mistakes and false assumptions and wrong answer.  I still end up doing mistakes  anyways just post in the OA for this
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Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems. According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical
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prinits wrote: Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems. According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical Good question. A, B, C - Out of scope D - wrong comparison E
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I'll vote for E. This argument is a typical example of scope shift. Reva is just talking about "West Virginia", whereas Anne is talking about "many schools". So basically Anne mean to say that a single example is not sufficient to reach the conclusion, hence E. D is out: The details used in Reva's example, i.e. "for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses...." is not challenged by Anne's argument. Anne has never said that whether the +ve or -ve incentive will work. Option A, B and C are not relevant.
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To me both D and E sound right...... D is logically right. E is right taking the information purely from the argument. OMG I am not sure what I would on test day if such questions with 2 possible answers appear....I will try out my luck and pick D.
Please post the OA???
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prinits wrote: Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems. According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical I would go for E over D as well. I know the word incentive often has a positive connotation, but if the case brought up by Reva in her argument is also an example of an "incentive program", then we can assume negative "incentives" also count. Anne never stated whether the other incentive programs she mentioned were "positive" or "negative", so D is outside the scope of the original info. That leaves us with (E) as a better description of Anne's argument.
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i just googled the question and found out the OA to be E.
i think When anna says " Its true that program in virginia failed " leads us to more to E than D.
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E is better than D becoz anna didnt talk about positive or negative incentives.
She simply accepted that one programme might have failed, but MANY have been successful ...... without going into the details of what the incentives were.
That is why, E is better
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Guys please use the Spoiler tag and post the OA along with the question, at least for Verbal questions. I'm leaning towards D but the correct answer is E. Anne clearly points out ' while the program in WV failed .. '
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Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change [#permalink]
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9. Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program failed, but many schools have devised incentive programs that have been very successful in improving attendance and reducing discipline problems. According to Anne, the weak point in Reva’s claim is that it (A) fails to consider the possibility that the majority of potential dropouts in West Virginia do not have driving licenses (B) doesn’t provide any exact figures for the dropout rate in West Virginia before and during the program (C) ignores a substantial body of evidence showing that parents and employers have been using extrinsic incentives with positive results for years (D) assumes that a positive incentive—a prize or a reward—will be no more effective than a negative incentive, like the revoking of a driving license (E) is based on a single example, the incentive program in West Virginia, which may not be typical
I'll post the OA by today EOD....
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Re: Surely a wrong OA....plz verify ! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2009, 16:54
I think it should be E. Anne concedes that the incentives program failed in West Virgina failed, but mentions that a lot of other programs have been successful.
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Re: Surely a wrong OA....plz verify ! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2009, 17:59
I agree with E as well. The only one that makes sense. D is too far fetched, since Anne does not mention anything about a positive/negative influence.
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Re: Surely a wrong OA....plz verify !
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