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08 May 2023, 02:16
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According to a recent school survey, the number of students who regularly attend religious services on campus has increased 50 percent from the figure 10 years ago. It must be an increased spirituality at our college that has massively reduced incidences of cheating on exams during this period.
Which of the following, if true, most significantly weakens the inference above?
A. Most of the students who now attend campus services do so largely for social reasons.
B. Spirituality can be expressed and felt without attendance at regular religious services.
C. Fifteen years ago, the college switched from an honor system to one involving closely monitored faculty-proctored exams.
D. Not all students who attend religious services regularly on campus responded to the survey.
E. Cheating has not been a major problem at this school in the past.
Which of the following, if true, most significantly weakens the inference above?
A. Most of the students who now attend campus services do so largely for social reasons.
B. Spirituality can be expressed and felt without attendance at regular religious services.
C. Fifteen years ago, the college switched from an honor system to one involving closely monitored faculty-proctored exams.
D. Not all students who attend religious services regularly on campus responded to the survey.
E. Cheating has not been a major problem at this school in the past.
08 May 2023, 12:53
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On campus students rel.g activity ↑ 50% (-10 Yrs)
Infer : ↑ Spirituality = ↓ cheating during xams.
PRETHINK Weakener : What if Religious activity is not related to Cheating during exams.
(B) expressed and felt without attendance at regular religious services - Irrelevant, feeling not under discussion.
(C) Fifteen years ago - Out of scope, stimulus restricts us to 10 years, further system of exams is out of scope.
(D) responded to the survey - is irrelevant
(E) Talks about the problem of cheating and states that it is not a major problem - Out of scope and irrelevant.
Only option (A) goes by our prethinking, students who do religious activity do so for social reasons and it is not related to Spirituality , thus inference is clearly weakened, hence Answer must be (A)
30 Jun 2024, 05:58
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this is a causal conclusion, it seems closely monitored faculty-proctored exams is other cause of decrease in cheating directly attacks the conclusion, but official answer is A, please explain me this, and even if they are attending religious places, because of social showoff, they might have learnt ethical values from there and might have stopped cheating in exams. Option A does not seems correct.
