To begin, a couple GMAT CR questions, variations on a theme. 1) Colfax Beta-80 is a rare genetic defect found primarily in people of Scandinavian descent. Over 97% of known carriers of this defect have are citizens of, or are direct descendants of immigrants from, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. People who carry the Colfax Beta-80 [...]
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GMAT Critical Reasoning: Find the Conclusion or Inference
To start, here are a couple GMAT Critical Reasoning Practice questions of the “Find the Conclusion/Inference” type. 1) Diamond Enterprises is a store in Apisville that sells specialty luxury items. For several years, Diamond reaped substantial profits and was considering building branch stores in nearby counties. Stibium Industries, for several years the single largest employer [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning: Boldface Structure Questions
First, a few practice questions of this genre. 1. State politicians are optimistic that the state’s economic downturn will not be as severe as had been predicted. Their hopes are bolstered by the data released last week: the jobless rate declined two full percentage points in the last six months. But, many economists have pointed [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning Practice Questions
Here are six GMAT Critical Reasoning practice questions. See below for answers and solutions. 1) Recording Agent: Music industry representatives often advance the claim that “online file sharing,” (which allows someone who purchased a music CD to share contents with others using their computers—at no additional cost), hurts their business. Since the advent of file [...]
Statistical Significance on the GMAT
This is the last post in the series of articles on real-life facts you need to know for GMAT Critical Reasoning. Here’s the full list: Economics: Supply and Demand Economics: Labor and Wages Economics: Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Law: “beyond any reasonable doubt” Statistics: Statistical significance Statistical significance Most research in the natural and [...]
“Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt” on the GMAT
This is the fourth post in the series of articles on real-life facts you need to know for GMAT Critical Reasoning. Here’s the full list: Economics: Supply and Demand Economics: Labor and Wages Economics: Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Law: “beyond any reasonable doubt” Statistics: Statistical significance “beyond any reasonable doubt” In any decision in [...]
Inflation, Unemployment, and Interest Rates on the GMAT
This is the third post in the series of articles on real-life facts you need to know for GMAT Critical Reasoning. Here’s the full list: Economics: Supply and Demand Economics: Labor and Wages Economics: Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Law: “beyond any reasonable doubt” Statistics: Statistical significance Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Again, this fact [...]
GMAT Labor and Wages
This is the second post in the series of articles on real-life facts you need to know for GMAT Critical Reasoning. Here’s the full list: Economics: Supply and Demand Economics: Labor and Wages Economics: Inflation, unemployment, and interest rates Law: “beyond any reasonable doubt” Statistics: Statistical significance Labor and Wages In some ways, this is [...]
GMAT Supply and Demand
For the GMAT Verbal section, on Critical Reading and Reading Comprehension, you are not expected to have specialized expertise in the topics they discuss. Sometimes, though, it is particularly helpful to have general real world knowledge. If you make a habit of reading regularly– either a good newspaper (the New York Times, the Wall Street [...]
GMAT Logic: Completing the Argument
Understand the task in this common GMAT Critical Reasoning question type. Practice question Before reading the blog, try this question: 1) Which of the following most logically completes the passage? Recidivism is the return to criminal behavior, and consequently a return to prison, of a former prisoner who has already served in incarceration for [...]
