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Social scientists are underrepresented on the advisory councils of the National Institutes of Health(NIH). Since these councils advise NIH directors and recommend policy, the underrepresentation of social scientists results in a relative lack of NIH financial support for research in the social sciences.
If the statements above are correct, they most strongly support which of the following?
(A) A significant increase in the size of NIH advisory councils would be required in order to increase the representation of social scientists on these councils.
(B) A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would result in an increase in NIH funding for social science research.
(C) A significant increase in funding for social science research would result in improved policy recommendations to NIH directors.
(D) A significant increase in funding for the training of social scientists would result in an increase in the number of social scientist on NIH advisory councils.
(E) A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would have to precede any increase in the number of NIH directors who are social scientists.
If the statements above are correct, they most strongly support which of the following?
(A) A significant increase in the size of NIH advisory councils would be required in order to increase the representation of social scientists on these councils.
(B) A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would result in an increase in NIH funding for social science research.
(C) A significant increase in funding for social science research would result in improved policy recommendations to NIH directors.
(D) A significant increase in funding for the training of social scientists would result in an increase in the number of social scientist on NIH advisory councils.
(E) A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would have to precede any increase in the number of NIH directors who are social scientists.
OA is mistaken negation .Experts, Please Explain i Why is it correct?
IF A THEN B
if underreprenentation of social scientists then relative lack of NIH financial support
negation IF not a than not b
if (not) [b]underreprenentation of social scientists then (not) [b]relative lack of NIH financial support
IF A THEN B
if underreprenentation of social scientists then relative lack of NIH financial support
negation IF not a than not b
if (not) [b]underreprenentation of social scientists then (not) [b]relative lack of NIH financial support
06 Jun 2019, 21:00
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This is an inference/conclusion question, and the right answer is B. With such questions, the key trap that the GMAT tries to introduce is the confusion between something that "can be true" and something that "must be true". When you want to verify the correctness of an answer therefore, the best way to do so is to try to falsify it. If the answer "can be false", then its wrong to say that it "must be true" and is also wrong for the question.
Let's look at this for the right answer B. We know that "few social scientists in NIH ---> less funding for social science". B says that if we had a lot more social scientists, we would have more funding as well. Okay, so is it possible that we could have a lot more social scientists and NOT have the funding increased? No, since the premises already contradict that. Hence, we can confirm B is correct.
Remember that many inference/conclusion questions in some way reveal to us that the only things we know for sure tend to be similar to the premises, what we've already been told as a given.
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This is a must be true question, so the answer has to follow from what is given in stimulus. You can't assume things beyond the stimulus, so while it's given that:
IF A THEN B
you can't assume the other "mirror-half" :
negation IF not a than not b
In stimulus it's mentioned that :
the underrepresentation of social scientists results in a relative lack of NIH financial support for research in the social sciences.
B is correct because it says :
A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would result in an increase in NIH funding for social science research.
Hope this helps.
IF A THEN B
you can't assume the other "mirror-half" :
negation IF not a than not b
In stimulus it's mentioned that :
the underrepresentation of social scientists results in a relative lack of NIH financial support for research in the social sciences.
B is correct because it says :
A significant increase in the representation of social scientists on NIH advisory councils would result in an increase in NIH funding for social science research.
Hope this helps.
