Q21 - If one has evidence that

[egonza14]

Hi, just had a question about “generally” in this question. I selected C because, overall, it had the right ingredients: the evidence, the desire to benefit, and then a conclusion consistent with the stimulus.

I know “generally” can be interpreted as “often” or 50+%, but can’t an answer choice like B, where the result falls into the less than 50% work here and be consistent with the argument? Is B wrong because the bureaucratic procedures failing Most of the time conflicts with the succeeding Most of the Time that we see in th stimulus?

Did I misinterpret “generally” here? Did it in this case mean “overall, the party who the act was intended to benefit, would at least benefit somewhat?” With that kind of reading C would be a clear winner by far in my eyes.

[ohthatpatrick]

Yes, (B) is compatible with the proposition.

But the question stem didn't ask for a compatible idea, it asked for the answer that BEST illustrates the proposition.

That basically means pick the best match. (C) matches better because in the proposition, there was success. In (B) there is not success.

To clarify your quantity terms, "often" is ambiguous -- it could be above or below 50%.

"Generally" is not.
What is general, what is typical, what is usual, what tends to be the case, what is likely .... these all mean what happens most of the time (more than 50% of the time).

According to this proposition, when you combine those two ingredients "evidence it'll benefit and an attempt to benefit", you have a higher probability of success than not success.

Hope this helps.

[obobob]

Hi quick question:

Is it fine to also think that (B) is wrong because of the word "most" from: " [...] with most bureaucratic procedures, it was not successful"? It says most procedures were not successful, so I was thinking (B)'s case is contradicting with the stimulus' contention that the chance of success is higher than not a success if the sufficient conditions are fulfilled.

If not, I was also curious if we cannot assume anything about the probability of the proposed bureaucratic procedures' success just by knowing how many procedures were successful as the result?

[ohthatpatrick]

I think the word "most" is just matching up with "generally" in the original argument, both which mean "more than 50% of the time".

So I don't think "most" is a problem. The problem is that it's saying "most of the time / generally, it's UNsuccessful"