Have you checked the files that I attached to "FILES" folder?

[Yong Ho Choi]

I've attached 2 files related to the strategies for Critical
Reasoning, which I thought would be very helpful for you guys.

Once you understand the essence of Critical Reasoning, You can
understand the whole concept of GMAT itself. (It'll also make you feel
confident with Reading Comprehension section.)

I'll bring some hard CR questions tomorrow as Kaye wanted them so
bad :)

If you haven't read the attached files yet, please read them by
tomorrow, so as to communcate with each other based upon the words
people are using on a Critical Reasoning section.
(i.e., facts, premise, assumption, disconnect, out of scope...etc)

Let's have more fun tomorrow :)

P.S.
Below is the question that I was not able to give Jerry a clear
explanation.


4. An eyeglass manufacturer tried to boost sales for the summer
quarter by offering its distributors a special discount if their
orders for that quarter exceeded those for last year's summer quarter
by at least 20 percent. Many distributors qualified for this discount.
Even with much merchandise discounted, sales increased enough to
produce a healthy gain in net profits. The manufacturer plans to
repeat this success by offering the same sort of discount for the fall
quarter.

Which of the following, if true, most clearly points to a flaw in the
manufacturer's plan to repeat the successful performance of the summer
quarter?

(A) In general, a distributor's orders for the summer quarter are no
higher than those for the spring quarter.
(B) Along with offering special discounts to qualifying distributors,
the manufacturer increased newspaper and radio advertising in those
distributors' sales areas.
(C) The distributors most likely to qualify for the manufacturer's
special discount are those whose orders were unusually low a year
earlier.
(D) The distributors who qualified for the manufacturer's special
discount were free to decide how much of that discount to pass on to
their own customers.
(E) The distributors' ordering more goods in the summer quarter left
them overstocked for the fall quarter.



The reason why (B) cannot be a correct answer is that (B) needs at
least 1 more assumption to weaken the logic, which is "The
manufacturer's advertisement for the summer quarter was successful."

Without the assumption I stated above, (B) does not weaken the logic
because we don't know how much the advertisement affected sales of
eyeglasses.

This is a pretty important thing to consider when you get stock on
some other answer choices.
You can ask yourselves that "Can this answer choice weaken the logic
by itself? (without any other assumptions)"

However, answer (E) clearly points to a flaw by itself.

Whenever you are suspicious or skeptical with some questions, don't
hesitate to bring that issue with us.
If you just let them go, you'll never get to an advanced level. Trust
me.

One last thing, do not doubt any of the GMAT questions.
It's always you....not GMAT.
Keep this in mind :)

I see you guys tomorrow.