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Researcher says that Average pain reduction only modest. Therefore, drug gave little meaningful relief To weaken, we need to show that "modest" reduction is actually good or meaningful.
(A) Some patients with severe pain improved more.
This talks about only some and makes a vague generalisation. Only one subgroup. Overall average can still be modest. It's not enough to weaken the argument. Eliminate A
(B) People who took every dose improved more than people who missed doses. This compares drug users with other drug users, not with no drug which is what we are looking for. It still doesn't show that the drug worked well. Eliminate B
(C) Placebo group also had modest reduction: This actually suggests drug may not be better than placebo. It supports the conclusion and not weaken it.
Eliminate C
(D) Pain reduction happened mostly in the last 4 weeks. tells us when the improvement happened and does not talk about how the improvement was. Eliminate D
(E) This disease is one where all existing treatments also produce only modest average pain reductions. If every available treatment gives only modest improvement then a modest reduction may actually be considered meaningful. It breaks the researcher's assumption that modest means not useful. HEnce it's correct.
Answer: E
(A) Some patients with severe pain improved more.
This talks about only some and makes a vague generalisation. Only one subgroup. Overall average can still be modest. It's not enough to weaken the argument. Eliminate A
(B) People who took every dose improved more than people who missed doses. This compares drug users with other drug users, not with no drug which is what we are looking for. It still doesn't show that the drug worked well. Eliminate B
(C) Placebo group also had modest reduction: This actually suggests drug may not be better than placebo. It supports the conclusion and not weaken it.
Eliminate C
(D) Pain reduction happened mostly in the last 4 weeks. tells us when the improvement happened and does not talk about how the improvement was. Eliminate D
(E) This disease is one where all existing treatments also produce only modest average pain reductions. If every available treatment gives only modest improvement then a modest reduction may actually be considered meaningful. It breaks the researcher's assumption that modest means not useful. HEnce it's correct.
Answer: E
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Conclusion of researchers is that the drug provides little meaningful relief because of the average reduction across all 12 weeks was modest.
A - Greater imporvments among severe patients does not show that the drug was broadly effective - eliminate
B - question states that nearly all patients adhered, so comparing the small nonadherent group does little for the overall results - eliminate
C - Similar placebo results reinforce rather than weaken the argument - eliminate
D - If pain relief was negligible for eight weeks, but then sharply accelerated during the last, the full trial average would dilute the drugs later substantial effect, therefore mod average would be misleading measure of the drug relief - keep
E - comparing to other weak treatments does not establish meaningful relief - eliminate
A - Greater imporvments among severe patients does not show that the drug was broadly effective - eliminate
B - question states that nearly all patients adhered, so comparing the small nonadherent group does little for the overall results - eliminate
C - Similar placebo results reinforce rather than weaken the argument - eliminate
D - If pain relief was negligible for eight weeks, but then sharply accelerated during the last, the full trial average would dilute the drugs later substantial effect, therefore mod average would be misleading measure of the drug relief - keep
E - comparing to other weak treatments does not establish meaningful relief - eliminate
13 Jul 2026, 23:02
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from options
option A -> drug provides minimal relief is part of conclusion but it worked better on patients with high pain. this shows it might be better than just being modest. KEEP
option B -> The effect of medicine is modest is the conclusion, this does not prove that medicine is better than being modest
option C -> this supports instead of undermining
option D -> Has nothing to do with the conclusion. nothing mentioned about effect based on duration in it.
option E -> this shows that the drug is also providing modest results. does not undermine
option A
