Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1Rao (2021) ............... that the dataset’s apparent neutrality depends on exclusion criteria that are never fully justified.
Wrong!
Use "argues" when the citation presents the author's reasoned claim, not merely the fact that a topic is referred to.
2The correlation reported by Nguyen ............... a link between platform design and political disengagement, although the sample is small and causation remains untested.
Wrong!
Use "may indicate" because the later clause admits an alternative explanation, so the citation should be hedged rather than presented as conclusive proof.
3Lennox ............... treating self-reported fluency as a proxy for proficiency, a warning borne out by the longitudinal survey.
Wrong!
Use "rightly cautions against" because the following clause says the later evidence supports the warning.
4............... Keller attributes the policy delay to institutional inertia, Matsuda reads the same delay as a deliberate strategy to deflect accountability.
Wrong!
Use "Whereas" to contrast two authors’ explanations; "Therefore" would incorrectly make the second view a result of the first.
5............... Osei’s thorough review of the literature, his model rests on an assumption that the primary sources do not support.
Wrong!
Use "Despite" because the writer concedes the thorough review but then challenges its central assumption.
6Patel ............... that the interview schedule may have primed participants, yet she nevertheless defends the broader validity of the findings.
Wrong!
Use "concedes" because the point is something the author admits before introducing a contrary defence.
7Using the same sampling frame and coding scheme, the later study is best read as a ............... of Santos’s procedure rather than an independent test.
Wrong!
Use "replication" because the later study repeats the procedure of the earlier one rather than merely referring to it.
8The archival evidence ............... Ahmed’s generalisation, since it shows that his conclusion rests on records from only two regions.
Wrong!
Use "casts doubt on" because the archival evidence shows the cited generalisation is based on only two regions.
9Chen’s claim about transparency should be read ............... local government procurement rather than detached from its local empirical setting.
Wrong!
Use "in the specific context of" because the sentence says the claim should not be detached from its local empirical setting.
10The relationship between informal caregiving and digital exclusion remains ............... the existing literature, as most studies assume rather than test the connection.
Wrong!
Use "underexplored in" because the sentence goes on to say the issue is still assumed rather than directly tested.
11............... Harding’s methodology, the researchers classify each policy document by institutional level, using her coding categories without modification.
Wrong!
Use "following" because the researchers adopt the cited methodology, as shown by their use of the same coding categories.
12The new evidence ............... Morales’s thesis by showing that it applies only where union representation remains strong.
Wrong!
Use "qualifies" because the new evidence narrows the conditions under which the thesis applies.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Rao (2021) argues that the dataset’s apparent neutrality depends on exclusion criteria that are never fully justified.
- The correlation reported by Nguyen may indicate a link between platform design and political disengagement, although the sample is small and causation remains untested.
- Lennox rightly cautions against treating self-reported fluency as a proxy for proficiency, a warning borne out by the longitudinal survey.
- Whereas Keller attributes the policy delay to institutional inertia, Matsuda reads the same delay as a deliberate strategy to deflect accountability.
- Despite Osei’s thorough review of the literature, his model rests on an assumption that the primary sources do not support.
- Patel concedes that the interview schedule may have primed participants, yet she nevertheless defends the broader validity of the findings.
- Using the same sampling frame and coding scheme, the later study is best read as a replication of Santos’s procedure rather than an independent test.
- The archival evidence casts doubt on Ahmed’s generalisation, since it shows that his conclusion rests on records from only two regions.
- Chen’s claim about transparency should be read in the specific context of local government procurement rather than detached from its local empirical setting.
- The relationship between informal caregiving and digital exclusion remains underexplored in the existing literature, as most studies assume rather than test the connection.
- following Harding’s methodology, the researchers classify each policy document by institutional level, using her coding categories without modification.
- The new evidence qualifies Morales’s thesis by showing that it applies only where union representation remains strong.