Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
All right, looking down at question number 12, 2 the information about statistical measurement in lines, 3 23 to 27 is presented in order to what so recall 4 that lines 23 to 27 are describing for us how the 5 idea of correlations works. Um, 6 statistically speaking, you measure relationships with a correlation it's perfect correspondence 7 would be one and no correlation would be zero. 8 And the closer you got to one the stronger the relationship. 9 So this generally just allows the reader to kind of understand the 10 measurement that the, um, experimenters are using in order to measure 11 the, um, connection between different factors. 12 So notice, um, 13 further in the passage, they describe the correlations, 14 um, to give you a sense of how strong the relationships are. 15 Um, so this, this part of the passage is kind of sets 16 up the details about correlation so that readers will understand this 17 metric a little bit better. 18 One that's referenced in the passage later on. 19 So enter choice a says, correct, 20 common misunderstanding of how researchers quantify certain data. 21 Um, there's no evidence that this is something that's misunderstood, 22 just maybe something that needs to be clarified. 23 Um, but it doesn't necessarily say that there's a misunderstanding taking place. 24 Um, answer choices, be forestalled, potential objections to how the data from the experiment 25 was analyzed. Um, this doesn't really speak to how the data was analyzed. 26 Um, if, if peo...