Step 1: Identify the conclusion.Step 2: Link the bold part(s) with the conclusion.Step 3: Know what to expect from the correct answer choice.Step 4: Eliminate four choices.
"Assuming that bases are same"- The fallacy when post-event difference in results is attributed to the event. -- Without establishing that the pre-event results were similar.
A favorite GMAT CR fallacy.
Example: Group A was given tonic Xinca. Group B was given a placebo. Post experiment, on the same IQ test, Group A performed significantly better than Group B. Inference: Xinca improves intelligence. - Incorrect
60% of the learning comes from analyzing mistakes!
1-week gap in prep hurts your progress by 3-weeks.
60% of the learning comes from analyzing mistakes!
You should regularly revisit SC concepts.Make SC Stage-1 videos and GMAT Shots your good friends!
Schedule your GMAT (only) once you get your target score on 3 consecutive mocks!
Key difference between "Strengthening statements" and "Evaluation statements" on CR:
- A strengthening statement "helps" an argument.
- An evaluation statement may "help" or "hurt" an argument.-- Either way, it leads to an "evaluation" on the argument.
The mind-map-strategy for RCs
1.Skim through the first paragraph.Take your eyes off the screen.
2. Ask yourself the paragraph's "purpose" .Purpose is always very, very brief.Avoid paraphrasing the details.
3. Skim through the next paragraph.Take your eyes off.Ask yourself the paragraph's "purpose".Link the purpose of the first paragraph with that of the second.
4. Keep repeating Step 3 for all the subsequent paragraphs.
Do not chase "tricks/tips/shortcuts". Chase "concepts"!
Do not chase "scores"; chase "learning". Scores will follow.
Profit = Selling Price – Cost Price
Profit Percentage = (Profit / Cost Price) x 100
Profit Margin = (Profit / Selling Price) x 100
120
"Circular Reasoning"- The fallacy of assuming a conclusion to be true, in reaching the conclusion.
A favorite GMAT CR fallacy.
Example: Jack cannot lie because Jack always tells the truth.Example: A is true because B is true; B is true because A is true.
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