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I was reading the FAQ of a GMAT company and I saw what I consider a flaw in its argument so I decided to create a GMAT question about it, the first I've ever created. Let me know what you think. I tried to create wrong answer choices similar to those that appear on GMAT.
Advertisement: Worried about your GMAT score? If you attend GMAT AF courses, you will likely score in the 90th percentile. We cannot tell
the average score among our students; however, we can tell you that 95 percent of our students gain admission to at
least one of the three schools of their choice.
A flaw in reasoning of this argument is that the argument
(A) does not provide any information about the GMAT scores of the instructors who teach AF courses.
(B) does not provide any testimony from a student who scored in the 90th percentile as a result of attending AF
courses.
(C) does not specify the average GMAT scores of the schools to which AF students normally gain admission
(D) does not specify the number of weeks that the course lasts and everybody knows that nobody can score in the 90th
percentile studying less than 8 weeks.
(E) does not specify whether students who attend AF are genius who can easily score in the 90th percentile without
too much preparation.
Advertisement: Worried about your GMAT score? If you attend GMAT AF courses, you will likely score in the 90th percentile. We cannot tell
the average score among our students; however, we can tell you that 95 percent of our students gain admission to at
least one of the three schools of their choice.
A flaw in reasoning of this argument is that the argument
(A) does not provide any information about the GMAT scores of the instructors who teach AF courses.
(B) does not provide any testimony from a student who scored in the 90th percentile as a result of attending AF
courses.
(C) does not specify the average GMAT scores of the schools to which AF students normally gain admission
(D) does not specify the number of weeks that the course lasts and everybody knows that nobody can score in the 90th
percentile studying less than 8 weeks.
(E) does not specify whether students who attend AF are genius who can easily score in the 90th percentile without
too much preparation.
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10 Sep 2009, 12:07
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Good effort. GMAC may hire your as a psychometrician.
Anyway, I would go with C.
If we don't know the average score of the schools, then argument falls apart. Students might be getting in to their choice schools, which do not require 90 percentile score.
Anyway, I would go with C.
If we don't know the average score of the schools, then argument falls apart. Students might be getting in to their choice schools, which do not require 90 percentile score.
11 Sep 2009, 01:34
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Thank you for answering the question. I guess is not really a good question, It's difficult to create good questions in which the wrong answer choices seem appealing but I thought that it could be a good training to create it.
You're right in the answer choice. I think it was pretty clear and I noticed the flaw right off the bat when I read the original.
+1 for you.
You're right in the answer choice. I think it was pretty clear and I noticed the flaw right off the bat when I read the original.
+1 for you.
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