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re: How would you do on the Wonderlic Test?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:18 pm to LNCHBOX
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:18 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Reading through it quickly, someone used to these questions immediately knows that the answer is not "yes," but fails to look at all options and just immediately chooses "no" over "yes." In other words, the test taker knows that the logical path is incorrect, so he automatically chooses "no."
Why on earth would you quickly put no?
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 12:19 pm
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Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:21 pm to WDE24
That's pretty terrible reasoning 
But obviously valid based in a bunch of responses in this thread.
But obviously valid based in a bunch of responses in this thread. Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:23 pm to LNCHBOX
Yeah. I mean it is not really reasoning as much as carelessness/rushing. Logical path posed by question is incorrect, choose "no" and move on quickly.
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:27 pm to LNCHBOX
Because not all people are sports fans.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:29 pm to WDE24
yeah it's obviously terrible reasoning since it's wrong. just a possible way to get it wrong
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:35 pm to Bama Bird
And how does that make no more logical than yes, since that was your claim?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:39 pm to LNCHBOX
I think you're confusing what must be true with what could be true. We don't know for a fact that Alex isn't a sports fan. He very well could be. However, we don't KNOW it to be true. I'm not saying that Alex definitely isn't a sports fan, but that's not what the question is asking.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:44 pm to Bama Bird
You earlier said no makes more sense than yes, but whatever.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:45 pm to LNCHBOX
I suppose the question could be ambiguous. I took it as saying "Is the final statement definitely true?" and you took it in a more literal sense. Okay... issue resolved 
Posted on 3/11/14 at 1:10 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:
all sports fans are loud
alex is loud
alex is a sports fan
quote:
Please explain why no would be a better answer than yes.
Because of burden of proof.
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 2:11 pm to RandySavage
Alex could clearly be loud and not a sports fan in this example.
If all loud people were sports fans, then clearly Alex would be a sports fan.
If all loud people were sports fans, then clearly Alex would be a sports fan.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:08 pm to Spelt it rong
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