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SAT® · Reading and Writing: Information and Ideas

Testing Each Choice Against the Claim

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  1. How it worksHow does a claim like 'opinions varied widely by occupation' turn into a shape you hunt for in the data?
  2. Worked exampleWalk me through testing one choice twice: once for reading the chart right, once for fitting the claim.
  3. Common mistakeWhy isn't an accurate reading of a chart the same thing as evidence for the sentence it must complete?
  4. Going furtherWhat changes about the right answer when a claim demands a contrast instead of a single high value?

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Bar graph: Average daily minutes of recorded birdsong at four urban sites, spring 2023. Traffic noise is highest at the ring road verge and lowest at the cemetery. Riverside park: 50 minutes Cemetery: 68 minutes Ring road verge: 19 minutes Retail estate: 29 minutes A student writes that birdsong lasts longest where traffic noise is lowest. Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to support that statement?

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