Justify the Conclusion Question Type Review

Justify the Conclusion questions require you to select an answer choice that
logically proves the conclusion of the argument.
To solve this type of question, apply the Justify FormulaTM:
Premises + Answer choice = Conclusion
Justify questions all conform to the following relationship:
Answer choice(Correct)--------------> Conclusion(Valid)
Most Justify the Conclusion question stems typically contain some of the
following three features:
1. The stem uses the word “if” or another sufficient condition indicator.
2. The stem uses the phrase “allows the conclusion to be properly
drawn” or “enables the conclusion to be properly drawn.”
3. The stem does not lessen the degree of justification.
Most Justify stimuli either use Conditional Reasoning or contain numbers and
percentages.
Because Justify the Conclusion questions can be characterized in formulaic
terms, you can often solve these questions using a mechanistic approach. This
approach requires you to reduce the stimulus to its component parts (a process
that occurs naturally as you identify premises and conclusions), and then
identify which elements appear in the conclusion but not the premises. The
following rules apply:
1. Any “new” element in the conclusion will appear in the correct answer.
2. Elements that are common to the conclusion and at least one premise, or
to two premises, normally do not appear in the correct answer.
3. Elements that appear in the premises but not the conclusion normally
appear in the correct answer.