#4 - An overwhelming number of industry’s chief executive of

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

Parallel Flaw—SN. The correct answer choice is (E)

This stimulus contains a Mistaken Reversal:

• Earn > $250K Attend Pres Bus School
  
  Greta: Attend Pres Bus School Earn > $250K

Because this is a Parallel question, you should look for an answer choice that contains a Mistaken Reversal.

Answer choice (A): This introduces health problems, a new term, so it does not match the stimulus.

Answer choice (B): This conclusion contains a comparison (more famous), so it does not match the conclusion.

Answer choice (C): This conclusion introduces the idea of Italians liking opera, which is a new idea (and hence not a Mistaken Reversal).

Answer choice (D): Again, this answer does not contain a Mistaken Reversal (it is more causal: nail causes luck).

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. Diagrammatically:

• Successful Opera Study Lang
  
  Eileen: Study Lang Successful Opera

[ashpine17]

what is an "overwhelming number"? isn't that another flaw in this stimulus?

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Hi Ash,

I'd say "an overwhelming number" refers to something more than half, probably more than 3/4 of a given group. If you picture the CEOs who earn more than 250K that went to prestigious business schools on one side of a line, and those who did not on the other side of a line, "an overwhelming number" would mean that those who did attend such a school vastly and outsize the other group. "A great many" is a parallel concept. The idea is that there is more than just a majority---it's an extended amount.

Hope that helps!