Proponents of legalized gambling tend to stress its economic benefits
A. reconcile conflicting points of view
B. analyze a social issue
C. advocate further research
D. challenge a research finding
E. summarize a research finding
After having read the whole passage, something that jumped right at me multiple times throughout the passage was the author speaking about lack of existing research and calling for more research to be done. After reading the answer options, I was safely able to eliminate (A), (D) and (E) simply because they were inconsistent with the passage. I boiled my analysis down to options (B) and (C). B appealed to me a lot until I realised that the passage is not able "gambling" but about "legalization of gambling". While gambling may be a social issue, legalization of it is definitely not.
For this reason, I went ahead and selected (C) as the correct choice. If you notice, it is recurrent throughout the passage.
2. The author refers to "testimonial evidence" (Highlighted) most likely in order to
A. imply a lack of rigor in identifying evidence to be included
B. indicate that the evidence was given under oath
C. suggest that a rigorous standard in including evidence was followed
D. emphasize the probative value of the statements in question
E. draw a contrast with the results of the survey referenced in the following sentence
This was definitely a tough one. There is not much given in the passage to really determine the answer, IMO. Let's do POE:
(A) the author doesn't really need to imply rigor or lack of it to prove his/her point. So, I eliminated (A).
(B) Yes, testimonial evidence is usually statements said in court under oath, but is that really what the author wants to achieve here?
(C) no required. (refer to option (A) explanation)
(D) this is probably correct and also a subtle way to say it.
(E) The following sentence is also in the same direction - people happy with legalized gambling. Thus, there is no contrast.
3. The author refers to the unemployment rate in Atlantic City most likely in order to
A. indicate a problem with the NORC survey
B. provide an example of evidence cited in favor of legalized gambling
C. illustrate that a correlation does not necessarily represent causality
D. confirm the validity of the NORC survey
E. suggest a negative consequence of legalized gambling
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