(engl.) GMAT Critical reasoning (Chapter 3, Part 3) von Robert Kuehl

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Über den Vortrag

Der Vortrag „(engl.) GMAT Critical reasoning (Chapter 3, Part 3)“ von Robert Kuehl ist Bestandteil des Kurses „GMAT-Training“. Der Vortrag ist dabei in folgende Kapitel unterteilt:

  • Introduction Critical Reasoning
  • Argumentation Flaws
  • Question types
  • CR question 1 (easy)
  • CR question 2 (easy)
  • CR question 3 (easy)
  • CR question 4 (easy)
  • CR question 5 (easy)
  • CR question 6 (easy)
  • CR question 7 (medium)
  • CR question 8 (medium)
  • CR question 9 (medium)
  • CR question 10 (medium)
  • CR question 11 (medium)
  • CR question 12 (hard)
  • CR question 13 (hard)
  • CR question 14 (hard)
  • CR question 15 (hard)
  • CR question 16 (hard)

Quiz zum Vortrag

  1. Premises
  2. Conclusion
  3. Assumptions
  4. Attributes
  1. Premise, premise, premise, conclusion
  2. Conclusion, premise, premise, premise
  3. Premise, conclusion, premise, conclusion
  4. Premise, premise, conclusion, premise, premise, conclusion
  1. Cause-Effect problems
  2. Comparison problems
  3. Statistical Flaws
  4. Switching of scope
  5. Reasoning problems
  1. A premise, not mentioned in the text, which is necessary to make the argument valid and conclusive.
  2. The main conclusion of the argument
  3. A summary of all the arguments from the text
  4. One of the arguments from the text
  1. Through abstraction of the argument (if A, then B ...)
  2. Compare all answers
  3. Look for an alternative cause
  4. Compare the context
  1. Assumption questions
  2. Inference questions
  3. Resolve-the-paradox questions
  4. Mimic-the-reasoning questions
  5. Statement questions
  1. By excluding alternative causes
  2. By finding alternative causes
  3. By inventing alternative causes
  4. By emphasizing alternative causes
  1. The argument is weakened.
  2. The argument is supported.
  3. The argument is excluded.
  4. The argument is replaced.
  1. It is about completing argumentation chains.
  2. It is about finding strenghts and weaknesses in argumentation chains.
  3. It is about analyzing the structure of argumentation chains.
  4. It is about evaluating argumentation chains.
  1. Alternative causes
  2. Several significant examples
  3. An error in the argument
  4. A comparison error
  1. Cause-Effect problem
  2. Comparison problem
  3. Statistical Flaws
  4. Switching of scope
  1. Some
  2. All
  3. No
  4. Most
  1. ... argumentation skills.
  2. ... logical reasoning.
  3. ... analytical thinking.
  4. ... general knowledge.
  1. 1 minute and 30 seconds
  2. 2 minutes
  3. 1 minute
  4. 2-3 minutes

Dozent des Vortrages (engl.) GMAT Critical reasoning (Chapter 3, Part 3)

 Robert Kuehl

Robert Kuehl

Robert wurde in New Jersey geboren und unterrichtet seit über 10 Jahren. Auf Basis seiner langjährigen Lehrerfahrung hat Robert den Englischteil des GMAT-Trainings entwickelt und seine Vorträge sind nun als Bestandteil des Kursprogramms verfügbar. Als studierter Ingenieur kommt Robert außerdem extrem gut mit Zahlen zurecht, was ihn in den letzten Jahren dazu brachte, anderen dabei zu helfen, die Mathe-Aufgaben im GMAT-Test zu knacken.

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