Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: After performing poorly on multiple tests and receiving a failing grad

Let us break down the argument and understand it in a betterway:

After performing poorly on multiple tests and receiving a failing grade in a particular course, a student appealed the grade to a university's Office of Academic Affairs(UOAA). 

• Student performed poorly on multipletests.
• Thus, the student received failinggrade.
• So the student appealed the grade to theUOAA.

The student claimed that the tests did not cover subject matter highlighted in the classlectures.

• Claim: The student says that the tests did not cover the subject matter highlighted inlectures.

The question asks to determine the validity of the student'sclaim.
Possibleanswer:
Comparison of desired events may prove that the student's claim deviates from the actualsituation.

(A) Compare the student's test scores with those of other students in the class. -Incorrect

• This won't be a preferred way to determine the correctness of the student'sclaim.
• This method can result in a biasedresult.

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Statistics : Posted by RutujaDeshmukh19 • on 23 Jun 2015, 04:31 • Replies 6 • Views 10141

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