TAILIEUCHUNG - Master the Gre 2010 - Part 15

Peterson's Master the Gre 2010 - Part book includes 9 full-length practice tests , thorough reviews of every section on the exam, and expert tips and strategies from a test prep pro. GRE (Graduage Record Examination General Test) is a commercially-run standardized test and an admission requirement for many graduate schools in USA and other English-speaking countries. GRE can earn you between 200-800 points. | Chapter 5 The Argument Task 123 O Identify the false-cause problem for example as one of the Argument s crucial assumptions . 0 Elucidate by providing at least one or two examples of other possible causes. O Explain how the false-cause problem undermines the Argument. Here s an example of an Argument in which causation is confused with temporal sequence followed by a succinct and effective critique. Argument 2 The following appeared in the editorial section of a newspaper Two years ago State X enacted a law prohibiting environmental emissions of certain nitrocarbon byproducts on the basis that these byproducts have been shown to cause Urkin s disease in humans. Last year fewer State X residents reported symptoms of Urkin s disease than in any prior year. Since the law is clearly effective in preventing the disease in the interest of public health this state should adopt a similar law. Response The editorial infers that State X s new law is responsible for the apparent decline in the incidence of Urkin s disease UD symptoms. However the editorial s author ignores other possible causes of the decline for example a new UD cure or new treatment for UD symptoms. Without eliminating alternative explanations such as these the author cannot justify either the inference or the additional assertion that a similar law would be equally effective in the author s state. DRAWING A WEAK ANALOGY A GRE Argument might draw a conclusion about one thing say a city school or company based on observation about a similar thing. In doing so however the Argument assumes that because the two things are similar in certain respects they are similar in all respects at least as far as the Argument is concerned. Unless the Argument provides sufficient evidence to substantiate this assumption and it won t the Argument is vulnerable to criticism. The Argument cannot rely on these claims to support its recommendation. To show the GRE essay reader that you understand this problem you need to .

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