I think analysing such questions unconstrained by the pressures of an exam or a test is much easier then tackling them under the brute of 1.5mins given on the actual exam. Nevertheless rather than pondering the correct answer start by discrediting the WRONG ones:
Actually, no...wait...start by picturing the argument and the premise on which it is based in your head: Publ. Co profits are up -> due to higher subscription costs for universities (by the way I did not think of the typical skeptic's
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Actually, no...wait...start by picturing the argument and the premise on which it is based in your head: Publ. Co profits are up -> due to higher subscription costs for universities (by the way I did not think of the typical skeptic's
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