PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 19
In recent years, scholars have begun to use(443 more words not shown)
The policy-capturing approach differs from(16 more words not shown)
- Amakes use of(8 more words not shown)
- Bfocuses more directly(6 more words not shown)
- Canalyzes information that(8 more words not shown)
- Dallows assessment of(13 more words not shown)
- Eeliminates any distortion(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both alternatives use case details, so simply doing more than counting wins and losses won't distinguish them. We need something the second approach permits that policy capturing doesn't. I'll check what each researcher actually examines, rather than rely on a vague memory of the examples.
Working the answers
- A
The second method covers all cases within a certain period, but we don't know how many cases policy capturing covers. Detailed information isn't unique to the second method either.
- B
Both methods help people assess legal cases. The writer doesn't rank the second as more directly concerned with litigants' interests.
- C
A specified period isn't necessarily a more recent period. No comparison of dates supports this distinction.
- DCorrect
Here is the difference: policy capturing “reads each opinion,” while the other method uses “complete transcripts.” A transcript can contain details the judge doesn't mention in the written opinion. The examples of employee evaluations might initially suggest a before-court versus during-court distinction, but policy capturing studies those evaluations through the opinion. The actual difference is the source of information, not when the events occurred.
- E
More information doesn't guarantee that researchers' personal biases disappear. Neither technique is said to eliminate that distortion.
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