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Common Data Insights Trap List:
Just starting this list. Not sure how long it will get but I have enough to get it going - my goal is to create a resource for Data Insights Traps that would help spot patterns of questions and make faster to go through DI with higher accuracy. Feel free to add yours and I will incorporate them into the first post/list but meanwhile, just recording things I am running into.
1. Splitting TPA question into 2 parts:
Example: https://gmatclub.com/forum/an-american- ... 82100.html See the spoiler below for more details
2. Forcing you to make way too many calculations
(there are probably numerous examples of this trap and further categorization would probably be needed)
A. Calculating instead of solving graphically. Here is an example of a question you can spend 4-6 minutes calculating by hand vs 2 minutes graphically.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-school- ... l#p3467407
B. Applying a different option of calculating / analyzing data. Here is an example of a question that you can solve in 2 minutes vs. 4 by changing how you calculate.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-table-be ... l#p3467020
C. Calculating instead of estimating and using the numerator/denominator relationship. E.g. if X/Y = Z, what happens if I increase X? will Z increase or decrease?
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-graph-sh ... 27821.html
Just starting this list. Not sure how long it will get but I have enough to get it going - my goal is to create a resource for Data Insights Traps that would help spot patterns of questions and make faster to go through DI with higher accuracy. Feel free to add yours and I will incorporate them into the first post/list but meanwhile, just recording things I am running into.
1. Splitting TPA question into 2 parts:
Example: https://gmatclub.com/forum/an-american- ... 82100.html See the spoiler below for more details
Show SpoilerQuestion Split Example
An American museum of East Asian art reviewed its acquisitions strategy in 2009. As part of that review, a marketing executive recommended purchasing more ceramics, jades, and paintings of people or landscapes because visitor surveys indicated that those types are of greatest interest to museumgoers in the region. The museum’s curator recommended purchasing more twenty-first-century East Asian art—particularly abstract (nonrepresentational) paintings and sculptures—because the museum’s collection is weakest in that area.
Among the East Asian works of art described below, select a painting and a sculpture, each of which satisfies at least one of the recommendations made by the marketing executive and at least one of the recommendations made by the curator. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Most people do not spot/register the part highlighted in yellow and end up spending way too much time on the question.
Among the East Asian works of art described below, select a painting and a sculpture, each of which satisfies at least one of the recommendations made by the marketing executive and at least one of the recommendations made by the curator. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Most people do not spot/register the part highlighted in yellow and end up spending way too much time on the question.
2. Forcing you to make way too many calculations
(there are probably numerous examples of this trap and further categorization would probably be needed)
A. Calculating instead of solving graphically. Here is an example of a question you can spend 4-6 minutes calculating by hand vs 2 minutes graphically.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-school- ... l#p3467407
B. Applying a different option of calculating / analyzing data. Here is an example of a question that you can solve in 2 minutes vs. 4 by changing how you calculate.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-table-be ... l#p3467020
C. Calculating instead of estimating and using the numerator/denominator relationship. E.g. if X/Y = Z, what happens if I increase X? will Z increase or decrease?
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-graph-sh ... 27821.html
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Thank you for sharing the insights. It's helpful!
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Mistake 3: Get Suckered into Calculations
Quite often, you can approximate the numbers and skip lengthy calculations. Even though the calculator is provided, and it is tempting to use it, often you can understand which answer will be correct since they are provided in the drop down.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-graph-sh ... 27821.html
This is considered a very hard question, but it can be answered quite quickly if you do quick math and then check the answer distribution to get a sense what options are available.
Quite often, you can approximate the numbers and skip lengthy calculations. Even though the calculator is provided, and it is tempting to use it, often you can understand which answer will be correct since they are provided in the drop down.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-graph-sh ... 27821.html
This is considered a very hard question, but it can be answered quite quickly if you do quick math and then check the answer distribution to get a sense what options are available.
