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There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be officially confirmed before being published. There is a system in place for the confirmation or disconfirmation of scientific finding, namely, the replication of results by other scientists. Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientist, which can include anything from careless reporting practices to fraud, is not harmful. It will be exposed and rendered harmless when other scientists conduct the experiments and obtain disconfirmatory results.
Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?
(A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated.
(B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication.
(C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication.
(D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud.
(E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.
Please give reasons for ur choice....
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vineetgupta wrote: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be officially confirmed before being published. There is a system in place for the confirmation or disconfirmation of scientific finding, namely, the replication of results by other scientists. Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientist, which can include anything from careless reporting practices to fraud, is not harmful. It will be exposed and rendered harmless when other scientists conduct the experiments and obtain disconfirmatory results.
Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?
(A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated.
there is a possibilty of harm being done
(B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication.
(C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication.
(D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud.
(E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.
Please give reasons for ur choice....
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vineetgupta wrote: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be officially confirmed before being published. There is a system in place for the confirmation or disconfirmation of scientific finding, namely, the replication of results by other scientists. Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientist, which can include anything from careless reporting practices to fraud, is not harmful. It will be exposed and rendered harmless when other scientists conduct the experiments and obtain disconfirmatory results.
Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?
(A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated.
(B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication.
(C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication.
(D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud.
(E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.
Please give reasons for ur choice....
Argument is : There is no reason to confirm the work of the scientist becuase there is a system which keeps track of replications.So when other scientists come up with different results the previous results will be disconfirmed.
A: Irrelevant because the work can go unchallenged even after the results have been confirmed and published. History has shown several theories were proved wrong decades after they were published.
B: S
C:W
D,E:Irrelevant
C
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joinforum wrote: vineetgupta wrote: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be officially confirmed before being published. There is a system in place for the confirmation or disconfirmation of scientific finding, namely, the replication of results by other scientists. Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientist, which can include anything from careless reporting practices to fraud, is not harmful. It will be exposed and rendered harmless when other scientists conduct the experiments and obtain disconfirmatory results.
Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?
(A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated.
(B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication.
(C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication.
(D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud.
(E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.
Please give reasons for ur choice.... Argument is : There is no reason to confirm the work of the scientist becuase there is a system which keeps track of replications.So when other scientists come up with different results the previous results will be disconfirmed. A: Irrelevant because the work can go unchallenged even after the results have been confirmed and published. History has shown several theories were proved wrong decades after they were published. B: S C:W D,E:Irrelevant C I think A is the answer because, for years scientists and public at large might consider findings of a particular publication as true and spend their time, funds, and energy inappropriately. Hence, there is a reason to confirm the work of the scientist.
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I think A
C strengthen the argument
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Give me A!
- B, C Irrelevant.
B: Quite obviously
C: The fact that most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to replication does not say whether unconfirmed results are harmful or not.
- D Irrelevant comparison
- E : I took awhile to eliminate this. But I guess this strengthens the argument. If most scientists work is teams then they could already be verifying each others results. So no need for explicit replication. I know this is a bit far fetched but it does not weaken the argument for sure!
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thanks...the OA is A.
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Re: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be [#permalink]
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Re: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be [#permalink]
27 Jun 2012, 04:58
Straight A. If scientists' work can go on for several years without being verified? Then that weakens the assertion that scientists' work should not be scrutinized. Cheers, Der alte Fritz.
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Re: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be [#permalink]
28 Jun 2012, 14:55
The conclusion: no official confirmation of scientific work is not a problem because replication will sort out any inconsistencies. Any answer choice that shows the replication process is somehow faulty will be sufficient to weaken the conclusion. (A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated. If (A) is true, then the potential inconsistencies can go undetected for years. Such an occurrence can be very harmful. Essentially, erroneous information is being bandied about for years before any follow-up experiments can show this to be the case. Therefore, replication can only be successful if it is actually employed, and (A) successfully weakens the conclusion. (B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication. This does not address the argument. (C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication. This answer choice would strengthen the argument, if anything. Even less need for confirmation. (D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud. While this may be true, the argument contends that replication will take care of this careless reporting. (E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.This does not address the argument.
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Re: There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be [#permalink]
16 Feb 2013, 05:24
POE leads to E.
Conclusion: Formal system for approving or disproving is not required.
We have to find the flaw in argument. A gives the flaw.
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