Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created

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Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created. Will this year bring another record?
Base or ground(record of jobs created) of the argument.

Well, a new manufacturing job is created either within an existing company or by the start-up of a new company.
General fact laid out by author. This statement takes no side.

Within existing firms, new jobs have been created this year at well below last year’s record pace.
Specific fact about the base/ground being talked about.

At the same time, there is considerable evidence that the number of new companies starting up will be no higher this year than it was last year and
Considering evidence(not provided in the argument) author comes up with another fact which is most likely to happen.

there is no reason to think that new companies starting up this year will create more jobs per company than did last year's start-ups.
Based on the likelihood of future prediction author extends his/her claim supporting his/her conclusion.

So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year's record.
Conclusion as supported by previous sentence.

In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that the argument challenges.

B) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization.

C) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization.

D) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes.

E) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument.

Here as we can see that BF2 is in support to conclusion, vertically scanning shows that only E says that - 'a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion'.

Answer E.

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Kurtosis · Answer

A) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that the argument challenges. - Incorrect. First BF is not evidence.

B) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization. - Incorrect. The argument is not seeking to establish the first BF.

C) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization. - Incorrect. Same error as in B.

D) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes. - Incorrect. Second BF supports the conclusion of the argument.

E) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument. - Correct.

Answer: E

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

Hi my honorable expert  RonPurewal ,  MartyTargetTestPrep ,  jennpt ,  AjiteshArun ,  ccooley ,  DmitryFarber ,  GMATNinja ,  VeritasKarishma ,  egmat  
I am very keen to know the structure of this CR.
 Will this year bring another record? --> Which part it is, actually? Is it author's part or other side's part?
Also, which one (which statement) is the main conclusion of the argument?
Also, how many 'conclusion' the author have in this CR?
Also, is there  any conclusion  the author does not posses? 
Thanks__

unraveled · Answer

Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created. Will this year bring another record? 
 Base or ground(record of jobs created) of the argument.

Well, a new manufacturing job is created either within an existing company or by the start-up of a new company. 
 General fact laid out by author. This statement takes no side.

Within existing firms, new jobs have been created this year at well below last year’s record pace. 
 Specific fact about the base/ground being talked about.

At the same time, there is considerable evidence that the number of new companies starting up will be no higher this year than it was last year and
 Considering evidence(not provided in the argument) author comes up with another fact which is most likely to happen.

there is no reason to think that new companies starting up this year will create more jobs per company than did last year's start-ups.  
 Based on the likelihood of future prediction author extends his/her claim supporting his/her conclusion.

So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year's record.
 Conclusion as supported by previous sentence.

In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that the argument challenges.

B) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization.

C) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization.

D) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes.

E) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument.

Here as we can see that BF2 is in support to conclusion, vertically scanning shows that only E says that - 'a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion'.

Answer E.

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haithamnimer · Answer

A) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that the argument challenges. ---  The first sent. is not evidence, 
 
B) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization. -- The second is not a conclusion at all!

C) The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization. --  Nothing here in the argument seeks to challenge!

D) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes. --  Nothing here in the argument seeks to oppose! 
 
E) The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument. --  Correct

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

A rhetorical question such as that one is both asked and answered by the author of the argument or passage.

The main conclusion of the argument is the following: "So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year's record."

There is just one conclusion in the passage, the main conclusion. Some of the premises seem to be conclusions or intermediate conclusions, but if you consider them carefully, you'll see that they are all basically just facts.

No, there's just the author's main conclusion.

woohoo921 · Answer

I have a few questions:
-The OG says that the first bolded statement makes explicit a general background assumption. How is this an assumption? Aren't there are only two ways in which new jobs are created?
-Could you argue that there are two conclusions in the argument (e.g., a secondary conclusion and then a main conclusion)? Why isn't the second to last line a conclusion, and the last line also a conclusion? Are there OG problems you can direct me to where there two conclusions in the argument to further my understanding of when there are two conclusions?
-Choice B classifies the first bolded statement as "the first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish." To clarify, this is incorrect, because although it is a generalization, the argument does not seek to explain this generalization... rather this generalization is just simply support for the main conclusion?

Phew... a lot of questions! Thank you for your help and patience in advance.

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

Do you mean the OG explanation? Not much to say about those except that, unfortunately, a lot of OG explanations are... imperfect.

Typically, it's best (and easiest) to think of arguments having one conclusion. Sometimes, you could calling something an 'intermediate conclusion.' If the logical structure is   therefore   therefore  ,   can be thought of as an 'intermediate' conclusion because it has a premise  , but supports final conclusion  .

The thing that makes a conclusion on the GMAT is that there is a premise in the argument supporting it. So if you think the second bolded is a conclusion, what do you think it's premise is?

I think partially, yes, it's that the argument does not explain that generalization. I'm not sure I'd call it a generalization either? I suppose it is... it's 'generalizing' about how jobs form? But it doesn't... feel like a generalization, because it's so tautologically true. Like, is saying "All lakes are either natural or man-made" a generalization about lakes? That doesn't quite seem right. So something about saying "All created jobs are either at existing firms or new firms" doesn't seem like a generalization, it just seems... like the only two options for where new jobs could occur.

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