Supply the conclusion
Last updated: 13 Oct 2008
In supply the conclusion questions you are presented with a set of premises and are asked to draw a conclusion from them.
Identifying supply the conclusion questions
You will be able to spot a supply the conclusion question because it will use words like 'inferred', 'drawn', 'conclusion', etc. for example:
The author is arguing that...
Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn...
Which of the following, must be true on the basis of the statements...
Which of the following can properly be inferred..
Strategy for supply the conclusion questions
- Identify the premises of the argument.
- Assume all the premises are true. Try to combine or link those premises. Is there an obvious conclusion that could be made from these premises?
- Eliminate answer choices that don't deal with or are supported by ALL of the premises, or that don't make sense from the information given.
- If there are two or three answer choices left after the process of elimination, then: choose!
Now for an example question.
