#21 - Specific Reference, Parallel

[jonathan95129]

Hi lilmissunshine,

Exactly! The sentence referenced is essentially saying that candor is a necessary condition for any restraint on the judiciary, just as representative jury pools would be a necessary condition for unbiased verdicts.

Good work!

You might be defending the wrong answer choice. If not, then I am thoroughly confused.

[atierney]

Yes, just for clarity, the correct answer is C, which is the answer choice that talks about how just as candor is a prerequisite for other judicial constraints, accuracy of the data itself is a prerequisite to its proper interpretation within the scientific field of study. Notice that the jury answer doesn't contain the same prerequisite necessity condition as to a litany of other safe guards, and instead focuses on a singular necessary and sufficient conditional relationship; unbiased jury verdicts cannot occur unless the jury panel is representative of the population as a whole; neither the sentence in the passage nor answer choice C use this direct conditional relationship.

[frk215]

I actually distinguished between A and C in a different way.

Prephrase: the condition of concept A is a prerequisite for all other conditions of concept A.

With answer choice A: the condition of concept A [representativeness = condition, of the jury = concept A] is a prerequisite of a condition of concept B [unbiased = condition, verdict = concept B].

With answer choice B: the condition of concept A [accuracy = condition, of data = concept A] is a prerequisite of all/many other conditions of concept A [ relevance and sufficiency = conditions, of data = concept A].

So to sum up, the concept stays the same in B and the conditions of B form a foundation of sorts just like in the passage. Accuracy is the foundation of relevance and sufficiency, just as candor is the foundation of "limitations imposed by constitutions, statutes, and precedents"

In contrast, A deals with two separate concepts and doesn't create an analogous picture. A would be right if say it said that the representativeness of juries is a prerequisite for the unbiasedness of juries!

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Absolutely frk.

I really like your use of the term "foundation" in your comment. That's a great way to think about the relationship in the stimulus and the correct answer. Candor is the foundation for all other restraints on judicial power. Accurate data is a foundation for scientific theory analysis. Representative composition is not a foundation for juries. We want juries to be representative. But that doesn't mean that their representative composition is a foundation for verdicts.

Great work!