Game Focus I October 1994 game

[Basia W]

Good afternoon,

I have a question about the set-up for the game on page 5-89. It is in relation to the inferences. I understand that G and T cannot be together and since T can't be in the second space it must either be in 1 or 3 in relation to G, and that G can be in either space as long as it is not next to T. Would it be possible to diagram it as T1 then G3 and G1 then T3 or would this render a different result?


Thank you for your time,

best,

Basia

[KelseyWoods]

Hi Basia,

For the game on 5-89, you are correct that T can only be in group 1 or 3, but G can be in any of the three groups. So the inferences you can make are:

G3 T1
G1 T3

You can't, however, say that if T is in group 1 then G is in group 3. If T is in group 1, then G could be in group 2 or group 3. Likewise, if T is in group 3, G could be in group 1 of group 2.


Hope this helps!

Best,
Kelsey

[Basia W]

Good morning Kelsey,

once again, your explanations make everything more clear- thank you so much! In terms of restricted variables then, I'm guessing that the variable with more freedom and choice dictate where the variable with more restrictions can go.



thank you again,

Best,

Basia