5 Quantitative Supporting Claims Questions in 5 Minutes | Digital SAT Quantitative Supporting Claims

Summary

This video offers a quick guide on how to answer quantitative data analysis questions in the digital SAT, focusing on supporting claims with data. The instructor walks through five sample questions, explaining strategies to match data with specific claims. Emphasizing efficient reading techniques, the video shows how to identify key information, avoid incorrect options, and ensure that the chosen answer directly supports the claim. The lesson focuses on questions involving trends in data and prepares viewers for sentence completion questions in the next session.

Takeaways

• 📊 Focus on questions that ask you to support a claim using data from graphs and charts.
• 🔍 Identify the claim in the text to better understand the question before reviewing the data.
• 🚫 Avoid answers that refer to broad or general groups if the claim focuses on a specific group.
• 📈 Check the data for any growth or changes in the category mentioned in the claim to find the correct answer.
• 👥 Gender pay gap data should focus on older workers if the claim specifies a larger gap in this group.
• 🧠 Mental health and pandemic data support claims about increases in children's gun deaths in the USA.
• 🎓 Education and work identity: The importance of one's job to their identity increases with higher education levels.
• 🌍 Small declines in concern about climate change after the Paris Agreement align with Al Gore's warning about false comfort.
• ✅ Always compare the data with the claim to ensure the answer matches, particularly when multiple options seem plausible.
• ⏩ Improve speed by reading the first sentence of each paragraph and focusing on parts related to the claim.

Q & A

What is the primary focus of the questions discussed in the video?

The video focuses on quantitative data analysis questions from the Digital SAT, specifically on questions that ask students to support a claim using data.

What strategy does the video suggest for answering questions that ask you to support a claim using data?

The video suggests going straight to the text to identify the claim being made, then checking the data provided to find the answer that best supports the claim.

What claim does Jill make regarding dating apps?

Jill argues that focusing on specific relationship statuses, particularly less common ones, could lead to growth in the use of dating apps.

Which answer best supports Jill’s claim about dating app growth?

The correct answer is the one that states the only group with any growth was the divorced, separated, widowed category, which could benefit from an app focused on their specific situation.

What is the focus of the second question discussed in the video?

The second question focuses on the gender pay gap, specifically comparing the pay gap for younger and older workers.

How does the data support the claim about the gender pay gap?

The data shows that the pay gap for women aged 25 to 34 is 10 points smaller than for all female workers, supporting the claim that efforts should focus on reducing the gap for older workers.

What does CDC Director Rochelle Walensky argue in the third question?

Rochelle Walensky argues that mental health support needs to be increased to address the sharp increase in gun deaths among children, especially during the pandemic years.

How does the data support Rochelle Walensky's claim about gun deaths among children?

The data shows a sharp increase in gun deaths among children in 2020 and 2021, which correlates with the mental health challenges brought on by the pandemic, supporting her claim.

What hypothesis does John Stapleton make about education and job importance in the fourth question?

John Stapleton hypothesizes that people are more likely to view their work as integral to their identity if they have more education.

Which data supports John Stapleton's hypothesis about education and job importance?

The data shows a 5% increase in respondents who claimed their job was important to their identity with a bachelor's degree, and a further 14% increase with a master's or doctorate, supporting Stapleton's hypothesis.

What is Al Gore’s claim in the fifth question?

Al Gore claims that progress on climate change must be communicated carefully, as the Paris Agreement gave some people a false sense of comfort, leading to a decline in concern about climate change in certain countries.

How does the data support Al Gore’s claim about the Paris Agreement?

The data shows that four countries, including Poland, saw declines in concern over climate change after the Paris Agreement, supporting Gore's claim.

What key strategy is suggested for improving speed when answering these types of questions?

The video recommends reading the first sentence of each paragraph to quickly understand the context, then focusing on the parts of the text that directly relate to the claim, minimizing unnecessary reading.