Answer Choices
propose a future research project to deal with some of the shortcomings of current publishing practices noted in the passage.
introduce a possible solution to problems discussed in the passage regarding the reporting of social science studies.
summarize the findings of a study about experimental results explained in the passage.
reinforce the importance of reexamining the results of all social science trials.
Explanation for Question 18 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8
Okay, so for number 18, 2 um, it says the last paragraph serves mainly to, 3 um, so again, this is a purpose question we're trying to figure out what 4 does the last paragraph do for the passage? 5 So obviously the first thing you want to do is go back up and 6 look at the main idea that you wrote next to the first, 7 um, next to the last paragraph. And we see that we wrote that the 8 last paragraph basically introduces a proposed solution to kind of try to solve this 9 problem. So let's go ahead and see if any of the answer choices, 10 um, talk about a solution. Um, 11 and the only one that actually talks about that as BC introduced a possible 12 solution, proposed solution to problems that were discussed in the passage earlier. 13 Bam, there it is. So you, you literally didn't even have to read the 14 last paragraph again, because we had already really done the work when we read 15 the passage the first time, um, by writing the main idea down. 16 So just make sure that, uh, 17 you don't do extra work, um, and really utilize the work that you've already 18 done.