First Tracks LR

Need more time? Do these questions in advance. Time will not be given during class to work on them.

Set 1

Test D, Section 6, Q4 — Golden Age Hollywood

Test D, Section 6, Q5 — The Soupreme Quart

Test D, Section 6, Q6 — BOI reporting

Test D, Section 6, Q7 — Lying chatbots

Set 2

Test D, Section 6, Q8 — Birthday problem

Test D, Section 6, Q9 — Tutoring services

Test D, Section 6, Q10 — Diamonds

Test A, Section 1, Q6 — Executive earnings

Set 3

Test D, Section 6, Q13 — Professional basketballs

Test D, Section 6, Q12 — Sloan Apartment Building

Test D, Section 6, Q11 — Micromanagers

Test A, Section 1, Q4 — Rabies samples

Highlights

Tonight’s class illustrated the value of attacking arguments. If you can tell the author why their evidence doesn’t prove their conclusion, you’ll be prepared to answer any question. Some students struggled with a Sufficient Assumption question—remember the answer must build a bridge from the evidence to the conclusion, but it doesn’t need to use all the evidence.