tips for flaw in the reasoning questions!!

[Gurwinder14]

Hey guys im having some issues with chapter 7's flaw in the reasoning questions and I got many of them wrong back to back and now im doubting myself alot, do you guys have any useful tips to help me get a better grasp on this topic. thanks !!

[Emily Haney-Caron]

Hi Gurwinder14,

Thanks for the question! For us to be able to tailor an answer directly to you, it would help to have some more information. Can you give us some examples of questions you've found challenging, or walk us through the strategy you've used so far? That way, we can make sure to answer in a way that will be helpful!

[Gurwinder14]

ive been having trouble with answering the questions accurately. the method that i am using is identifying the premises and the conclusions, then trying to prephrase a possible flaw in the reasoning and then match up my prephrase with one of the answer choices that are most similar to what i had prephrased. Also while reading the stimulus i try to determine which kind of error that it might be so that I would be able to narrow down my answer choices.

EX, questions 35, 36. I tried to prephrase with these questions and found the answer choices that matched up most closely and they turned out to be wrong and that has been happening with many of the questions that I have been trying to do.

[Jonathan Evans]

Hi, Gurwinder,

Could you please specify which book you are using? The Lesson 7 Flaw in the Reasoning homework questions only go up to problem 30 (pages 7-70 to 7-79). In your reply, could you please choose one of these questions and step me through your thought process in detail? This way, I can better respond to you personally, instead of providing a general response.

Thank you very much!