Tackling CR - Key Points

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Hi All ,

As I was going through the PowerScore CR , I found that its taking a lot of time to review the material as there is a lot of content. While most of the content helps you gain thorough understanding , it's also common sense. And after reading 300 - 400 pages , it's hard to remember / recall anything.

I have consolidated the key learnings and put together a guide to help during reviews.

It contains the following

1. General approach for every CR question
2. Different question types 
3. Tips to identify different question types 
4. Possible correct answers and incorrect answers to look out for in each question type ( Very useful , If u have a good memory ) 
5. Other odds and ends - Like cause effect reasoning and common reasoning errors.

The guide is quite concise. Check it and let me know if you find it useful.

Cheers
Mazerath

anuragbytes · Answer

Impressive Mazerath. thanks , i was looking for a doc which lists down all the question types, how to identify them. I may bug you after going through it :-D

cheers

mazerath · Answer

Definitely, as long as I know it..

anuragbytes · Answer

Mazerath , could you visit this thread and see if you can answer my doubts difficulty-in-solving-cr-questions-125758.html

mazerath · Answer

The fact is there is no short cut to solving CR and RC questions. Both work on your comprehension skills.
But there are a lot of areas you can improve on in a short time.

Obviously the first step is to understand where you are facing the most difficulty. Start making error logs and track them. Creating an error log is just the beginning. You need to document why you missed a question.

It can be

1. Difficulty to comprehend some words - Start taking a note of these words. Understand their meaning. Go back to the questions a few days later and see if it helps. 
2. Inability to identify the gist of it - If you can understand each sentence independently.. but not as a whole.. you need to start reading general magazines and articles .. and improve your comprehension skills
3. Finding the answer to be obvious after seeing the explanation - Mostly because you skim or point 4.
4. Bringing in outside information or making your own assumptions - This is the most annoying and most diff.. writing the key points and assumptions down will help. But you obviously need to work out some short hand way to do it.
5. Problem in understanding what the question stem needs - The presentation will help
6. Taking a long time in solving it ( Timing is the only issue) - Practise..

Just curious , are you doing better with GMATPREP and OG questions and not with other question banks. If that is so , I would not fret too much about it. Just good practice is sufficient.

Some of the CR questions from other vendors are ridiculous and ambiguous. Chances of seeing such a question in GMAT is relatively low.

And on a side note.. All these diagramming can only help if you start forcefully applying the method for every problem you see. It might need a lot of practice. If you don't have the time..suggest reducing the time spent on diagramming and notes

Cheers
Mazerath

anuragbytes · Answer

Oops , sorry mazerath, i proivided you a similar looking link.Damn

but these points are sure extra bonus
I do keep an error log. I dont go outside LSAT and GMAT, only knewton cr question although they are reworded sentences from OG but they sure help.
I totally agree with your point on diagramming.I heard MGMAT has removed the diagramming technique from the 5th edition.

The link is actually the link was difficulty-in-understanding-the-type-of-cr-question-135014.html
The reason i am not posting my question here in this is that the thread is already started and it may help others if you put in your views over there.

regards

sayansarkar · Answer

Good one

Can you exemplify each error type (with proper CR questions) also it will be immensely helpful if you can provide examples for the "question types"

Russ19 · Answer

Can anyone reading powerscore bible clarify sufficient vs necessary condition? I found the concept difficult.

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