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Identifying assumptions

Identifying assumptions

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Identifying assumptions

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- [Instructor] So the way the GMAT essay really works is that a situation is presented to you, a situation that has several different possibilities than those that the author presents. So in this video, we'll talk about how to get used to thinking of parts of the argument you can question and find alternate explanations for. So one of the ways we'll do this is by looking at common assumption types. First one I want to go over is apples to oranges. Are the two things similar enough to make a comparison useful? So if I said that Cityville introduced a bike sharing program that reduced pollution by 30%, therefore, we should introduce a bike sharing program in our town, but we don't know that our town is anything like Cityville, so we don't have enough information to really make that assumption. What about the sample size? Is the sample used large enough to be relevant? What if I said the survey we took showed that people are opposed to removing parking spaces to make way for new bike…

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