PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 10
One of the more striking developments in modern(447 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that the(29 more words not shown)
- AMost social scientists(13 more words not shown)
- BSocial scientists need(15 more words not shown)
- CResearch into dance(14 more words not shown)
- DMost experts in(16 more words not shown)
- EDance forms are(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Whose view are we being asked for? These are the peers whose approval social scientists sought. Researchers gravitated toward subjects those peers would recognize as scientifically rigorous, helping explain why dance had been neglected.
What we’re looking for
Predict skepticism about dance as a rigorous research subject. That is the peers' attitude, not the author's final assessment of Dunham's work.
Working the answers
- A
Doubting that dance can be studied rigorously doesn't establish a claim that most past studies misinterpreted it. The text gives no record of those attempts or their error rate.
- B
This says reliable work doesn't require much dance knowledge. The surrounding paragraph instead identifies insufficient dance training as an obstacle. We have no reason to assign this view to the peers.
- CCorrect
If dance research was not recognized as a legitimate field for rigorous inquiry, these peers would likely doubt that it could be conducted with high scientific precision. This matches the particular professional prejudice described.
- D
The obstacle for dance experts is a lack of training in social research, not being too busy. Nothing supports this claim about how they spend their time.
- E
This invents a particular reason for skepticism: variation across cultures. The paragraph does not say that variation prevents rigorous data collection. Stay with the stated attitude without adding an explanation the writer hasn't supplied.
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