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Vincent: No scientific discipline can study something that cannot be measured, and since happiness is an entirely subjective experience, it cannot be measured.
Yolanda: Just as optometry relies on patients' reports of what they see, happiness research relies on subjects' reports of how they feel. Surely optometry is a scientific discipline.
Vincent's and Yolanda's statements provide the most support for concluding that they disagree over which one of the following?
(A) Happiness is an entirely subjective experience.
(B) Optometry is a scientific discipline.
(C) A scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(D) Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
(E) Experiences that cannot be measured are entirely subjective experiences.
Yolanda: Just as optometry relies on patients' reports of what they see, happiness research relies on subjects' reports of how they feel. Surely optometry is a scientific discipline.
Vincent's and Yolanda's statements provide the most support for concluding that they disagree over which one of the following?
(A) Happiness is an entirely subjective experience.
(B) Optometry is a scientific discipline.
(C) A scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(D) Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
(E) Experiences that cannot be measured are entirely subjective experiences.
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Vincent: No scientific discipline can study something that cannot be measured, and since happiness is an entirely subjective experience, it cannot be measured.
Yolanda: Just as optometry relies on patients' reports of what they see, happiness research relies on subjects' reports of how they feel. Surely optometry is a scientific discipline.
Vincent's and Yolanda's statements provide the most support for concluding that they disagree over which one of the following?
The correct way to test a point-at-issue question is this: both speakers must clearly take a position on the statement, and their positions must be opposite. The real disagreement here is whether a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(A) Happiness is an entirely subjective experience.
This is not the point at issue. Vincent clearly agrees with this, but Yolanda does not say whether she agrees or disagrees. She talks about reports of feelings, not about whether happiness is entirely subjective.
(B) Optometry is a scientific discipline.
This is not the point at issue. Yolanda clearly says yes. Vincent never directly says no. He may think optometry is scientific for some other reason, so we do not get a clear disagreement.
(C) A scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
This is correct. Yolanda says optometry is scientific, and her reason is that it relies on patients’ reports of what they see. So she clearly thinks a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports. Vincent says no scientific discipline can study what cannot be measured, and subjective experience cannot be measured. So he would reject the idea that a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(D) Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
This is not the point at issue. Yolanda never says happiness research is as scientific as optometry. She only uses optometry as an analogy. Vincent also does not address this comparison directly.
(E) Experiences that cannot be measured are entirely subjective experiences.
This is not the point at issue. Vincent says happiness is subjective and therefore cannot be measured. That is subjective -> not measurable. This answer reverses the direction and says not measurable -> subjective. Neither speaker states that.
Answer: (C)
Yolanda: Just as optometry relies on patients' reports of what they see, happiness research relies on subjects' reports of how they feel. Surely optometry is a scientific discipline.
Vincent's and Yolanda's statements provide the most support for concluding that they disagree over which one of the following?
The correct way to test a point-at-issue question is this: both speakers must clearly take a position on the statement, and their positions must be opposite. The real disagreement here is whether a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(A) Happiness is an entirely subjective experience.
This is not the point at issue. Vincent clearly agrees with this, but Yolanda does not say whether she agrees or disagrees. She talks about reports of feelings, not about whether happiness is entirely subjective.
(B) Optometry is a scientific discipline.
This is not the point at issue. Yolanda clearly says yes. Vincent never directly says no. He may think optometry is scientific for some other reason, so we do not get a clear disagreement.
(C) A scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
This is correct. Yolanda says optometry is scientific, and her reason is that it relies on patients’ reports of what they see. So she clearly thinks a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports. Vincent says no scientific discipline can study what cannot be measured, and subjective experience cannot be measured. So he would reject the idea that a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
(D) Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
This is not the point at issue. Yolanda never says happiness research is as scientific as optometry. She only uses optometry as an analogy. Vincent also does not address this comparison directly.
(E) Experiences that cannot be measured are entirely subjective experiences.
This is not the point at issue. Vincent says happiness is subjective and therefore cannot be measured. That is subjective -> not measurable. This answer reverses the direction and says not measurable -> subjective. Neither speaker states that.
Answer: (C)
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Choice (C): A scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
Vincent will disagree with the statement
And, Yolanda will agree with the statement.
Choice (D): Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
I think Yolanda, by giving the analogy, tries to conclude that happiness research can also be a scientific discipline. But we can not infer that Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is. We do not know whether they have the same rank or intensity.
Vincent will disagree with the statement
And, Yolanda will agree with the statement.
Choice (D): Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is.
I think Yolanda, by giving the analogy, tries to conclude that happiness research can also be a scientific discipline. But we can not infer that Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as optometry is. We do not know whether they have the same rank or intensity.
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