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This is adapted from Brandon Royal's "Ace the GMAT".
It's very helpful for the AWA as well as the Verbal portion (any type of strengthen / weaken questions).
Cause and Effect (or Correlation and Causation): Did A cause B directly, or were there other factors at play? Could it have been coincidental?
Comparison and Analogy: Is the evidence provided valid in comparison to the conclusion? Are they really the same thing? Are we comparing apples and oranges, or apples and apples?
Representativeness: Was the example given typical, or an outlier? Does one example prove a larger trend?
Implementation: How would this work in real life? Are there other barriers at play?
Questionable Evidence (or Quantitative Methods): Are the numbers deceptive, or perhaps gathered with the wrong methodology?
(On the GMAT--unlike in real life--you should not dispute whether the actual evidence is true, but you can question how it was gathered.)
It's very helpful for the AWA as well as the Verbal portion (any type of strengthen / weaken questions).
Cause and Effect (or Correlation and Causation): Did A cause B directly, or were there other factors at play? Could it have been coincidental?
Comparison and Analogy: Is the evidence provided valid in comparison to the conclusion? Are they really the same thing? Are we comparing apples and oranges, or apples and apples?
Representativeness: Was the example given typical, or an outlier? Does one example prove a larger trend?
Implementation: How would this work in real life? Are there other barriers at play?
Questionable Evidence (or Quantitative Methods): Are the numbers deceptive, or perhaps gathered with the wrong methodology?
(On the GMAT--unlike in real life--you should not dispute whether the actual evidence is true, but you can question how it was gathered.)
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Thanks for putting this up here mcelroytutoring This definitely helps as one can use this acronym CCRIQ handy when solving the CR questions.
Although I got CCRQ, would you mind throwing some light of the 'I' part. May be with the help of an example.
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Although I got CCRQ, would you mind throwing some light of the 'I' part. May be with the help of an example.
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Sure! Another way to think of "implementation" is "how practical is this proposal and how difficult would it be to implement?" In the real world, making a change is often complicated, and there is lots of bureaucratic red tape whenever a new policy is implemented (think Obamacare). Maybe the conclusion is good in theory, but difficult to put into practice in reality.
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