QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen
CONCLUSION: Citation analysis discourages good research
REASONING: Citation analysis will cause scientists to seek citations above all else. They will thus focus on short projects rather than multiyear projects.
ANALYSIS: The argument claims that citation analysis will cause scientists to focus on quantity over quality. It’s a pretty good argument, but it would be stronger if we knew that there was no way to cite a multi-year project until it was complete. Answer choice A tells us this is the case.
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- CORRECT. This makes multi-year research much harder to cite.
- The argument did not claim that no significant work will ever be published. Only that multiyear work is important too, and it will be discouraged.
- This has nothing to do with anything. Besides, if you’re criticizing a scientist’s work, you’re still citing it.
- “Sometimes?” Does this mean once every 1000 experiments or 75% of the time? This is too vague.
- This weakens the argument, showing that neglected work will still be cited.
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