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14 Apr 2022, 05:43
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dcoolguy
Forget what the passage says for a moment.
Read answer choice A on its own:
A. [The passage is primarily concerned with] challenging the implications of previous research into why consumers try new products.
Write out, in your own words, without thinking about this actual passage, what a passage would look like if this were its primary concern.
(please do this--it will be better for you to try it yourself before reading on).
Here's what I would expect to see in such a passage:
The passage would lay out research on why consumers try to new products. It would then lay out what some people have determined that research implies--meaning, some people would suggest that the research tells us something more--something we should do, know, consider, or try--then what the research itself showed. (E.g. Imagine research that found out that too much sugar is bad for you, and someone suggested this means the government should severely limit the amount of sugar allowed it foods). This passage would then challenge these implications. It would question whether the research really implies what some people are arguing the research implies.
Compare my summary to yours. Where are they similar? Where are they different? Is there certain word I latched onto in the answer that you paid less attention to?
Determine whose 'idea' for what the passage would be in order to justify choosing 'A' is most correct, or rewrite your own that you think captures the idea best.
Now do a similar thing for E:
E. [The passage is primary concerned with] discussing certain findings regarding why consumers try new products.
My summary is something like:
The passage would lay out several different studies that researched why consumers try new products, and what their findings were.
Now reread the passage.
Does it, in fact, challenge the implications of of previous research?
Or does it, perhaps, simply lay out what the research was?
11 Jun 2022, 13:08
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For question 476 (which of the following, if true, would most tend to weaken the conclusions drawn from "some of this research" (line 8)), I had a tough time with figuring out where to stop given that the sentence still continued past line 8 in which it then expressed a conflicting view in the same sentence.
How did you know/why did the GMAT expect you to know that "some of this research" just referred to "some of this research has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce a consumer's perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product" and to not incorporate what follows "while other studies have reported that price has little or no effect on perceived performance risk" ?
Thank you!
How did you know/why did the GMAT expect you to know that "some of this research" just referred to "some of this research has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce a consumer's perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product" and to not incorporate what follows "while other studies have reported that price has little or no effect on perceived performance risk" ?
Thank you!
23 Jun 2022, 09:03
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woohoo921
To decide which conclusions were drawn from "some of this research," we should read the sentence in line 8 as literally as we can. If we do that, we see that "some of this research" concluded that high price reduced perception of risk. On the other hand, "other studies" reported little effect.
Reading this as literally as possible, we see that "some of this research" refers only to the first conclusion. The second conclusion, by contrast, was drawn by "other studies." So we have two different points of view here. One point of view comes from "some of this research." The other point of view comes from "other studies."
Overall, it's important to determine not just what conclusions are drawn in a passage, but who is drawing them. And to do this, you'll want to read the sentences as literally as possible, focus on the exact words, and consider whose point of view is being presented.
I hope that helps a bit!
