{"id":15239,"date":"2024-07-03T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=15239"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:54:12","slug":"gmat-test-integrated-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/gmat\/gmat-test-integrated-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s Tested on the GMAT: Data Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Insights questions are designed to resemble problems you will encounter in business school and in your career. The Data Insights section is the only section of the GMAT that gives you access to an on-screen calculator\u2014but don\u2019t be tempted to over-rely on the calculator; DI questions are designed to test complex reasoning far more than simple computation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/gmat\/gmat-test-quantitative-section\/\">What&#8217;s Tested on the Quantitative Section of the GMAT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:4px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no  0  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-none' style=' width:50px;' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >GMAT Data Insights Section Details<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;ll have 45 minutes to complete the DI section.<\/li>\n<li>The format is 20 questions, some with multiple parts.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section consists of five different question types.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>This section of the GMAT will test your ability to solve complex problems using data from multiple sources.<\/li>\n<li>Your score will count toward your 205\u2013805 total score.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ <strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/gmat\/whats-a-good-gmat-score\/\">What&#8217;s a good GMAT Score<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Graphics Interpretation Questions on the GMAT<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/gmat\/5-steps-for-ir-graphics-interpretation-questions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphics Interpretation questions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> test your ability to interpret and analyze data presented visually in graphs or graphical images. For each question, you will see a graph with accompanying text and two questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with a Reading Comprehension passage, you do not need to absorb every bit of information on the graph to answer the questions. What you do need to do is get the gist of the graph and what it contains so that you can efficiently find the information you need. You will then read the question stem, view the answer choices, and use the information in the graph to select the correct answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphics Interpretation questions feature many different types of traditional and non-traditional graphs, such as line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/gmat\/gmat-graphics-interpretation-how-to-interpret-a-venn-diagram\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Venn diagrams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and even geological timelines or organizational charts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Multi-Source Reasoning Questions on the GMAT<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As its name suggests,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/gmat\/an-introduction-to-multi-source-reasoning-on-the-gmat\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-Source Reasoning questions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> test your ability to take information from multiple sources and synthesize it to answer questions. The information will be presented on two to three tabbed pages. You will have to click through the tabs to find the information you need. The data can be in the form of text, charts, or tables and may be presented in a combination of all three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information on the tabs may seem overwhelming, so approach it similarly to how you approach Reading Comprehension. Get the gist of what the tabs contain and take brief notes highlighting the main points of each tab. Don\u2019t try to absorb all of the information at first, but make sure you scan all of the information on each tab so that you\u2019ll know where to find it when you answer the questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tabbed pages are on the left side of the screen, and the questions are on the right. There will be three separate questions associated with a prompt, so you\u2019ll click on the Next button to advance to the next question screen. You can get hands-on experience with tabbed pages in your online resources. Take a few minutes to become familiar with the navigation of this section. Doing so will save you valuable time when answering the questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the questions about the tabbed information will be in the standard multiple-choice format that you\u2019re familiar with from the Verbal and Quantitative sections. Others, called \u201ceither-or\u201d questions, will require you to evaluate three statements on a binary scale: yes\/no, true\/false, justified\/not justified, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Table Analysis Questions on the GMAT<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/gmat\/5-tips-for-gmat-table-analysis-questions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Table Analysis questions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> measure your ability to interpret and analyze information presented in a sortable table similar to a spreadsheet. You will see a table, a paragraph of text that describes it, and one set of the same three-part multiple\u2013dichotomous choice questions you saw for Multi-Source Reasoning (i.e., yes\/no, true\/false, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directly above the table, you will see a Sort button that, when clicked, opens a drop-down menu of options that correspond to the column headers in the table. When you select a category from the drop-down menu, the entire chart will be sorted in order based on the category you select. If the information in that column is numerical, it will be sorted from lowest to highest. If the information in that column is text, it will be sorted in alphabetical order. While working through practice questions, decide how you would sort the information before answering each question. To gain experience sorting tables in the test interface, use the questions in your online resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Two-Part Analysis GMAT questions<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply put, Two-Part Analysis questions have solutions in two parts. Two-Part Analysis questions consist of a few lines of text and instructions to select choices in a table based on the given information. These questions may test quantitative or verbal skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solving an algebraic Two-Part Analysis usually necessitates setting up an algebraic equation with two variables. You\u2019ll want to begin by first reading the text and identifying the two unknowns, which may be provided or may need to be assigned variables. Then, you\u2019ll create one or more equations that relate the two values or variables. Once you\u2019ve set up your equations, you can simplify them and look for a match (if the answer choices are algebraic equations or expressions) or start plugging in answer choices from the table until you find two corresponding values that work together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verbal Two-Part Analysis questions draw on many of the same logical reasoning skills, such as drawing supported inferences and finding assumptions, that you use on the Verbal section of the GMAT. For example, after reading about a type of dwelling used by a certain species of animal, you might identify from among the choices a characteristic that must be true of all dwellings of that type and a characteristic that can never be true. Alternatively, you might be asked to strengthen and weaken an author\u2019s argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How Data Sufficiency Works on the GMAT<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Data Sufficiency, or DS, problems present you with a question and two statements\u2014but they\u2019re not actually asking you to solve the math. Rather, they\u2019re asking you to determine what information would be sufficient\/necessary to allow you to do the math\u2026if they asked you to do it.<\/p>\n<p>These are a little confusing at first, but the beauty of DS is that you don\u2019t have to actually do most of the math\u2014and you can still solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_image  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Data Sufficiency GMAT Practice Question<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_toggle_container  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='wp-image-42386 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-42386 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Data-Sufficiency-Example-on-GMAT-Exam.png\" alt='' title='Data-Sufficiency-Example-on-GMAT-Exam' height=\"652\" width=\"1102\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The first line is the question stem:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Farai is twice as old as Dmitry, how old is Farai?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This question stem is both asking a question (<em>how old is Farai<\/em>) and providing a fact that you can use when evaluating the problem (<em>Farai is twice as old as Dmitry<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The next two lines are the two statements:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Samantha is 4 years younger than Dmitry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samantha will be 11 years old in 5 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Finally, there are five answer choices that encompass the five possible ways you could combine the two statements to be able to calculate an answer to the question. Here\u2019s the shorthand for each answer choice:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(A) Statement (1) works by itself, but statement (2) does not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(B) Statement (2) works by itself, but statement (1) does not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(C) Neither statement works by itself, but they do work together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(D) Each statement works by itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(E) Even using both statements together, you can\u2019t answer the question.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These five answer choices are always exactly the same and always given in the exact same order\u2014so you don\u2019t even have to read them on test day. By the time you get to the test, you\u2019ll just know what they are.<\/p>\n<p>First, jot down the fact given in the question stem, as well as the question itself:<\/p>\n<p><strong>F = 2D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>F = ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pause for a second, What\u00a0<em>would<\/em>\u00a0you need to know in order to be able to solve for\u00a0<em>F<\/em>? In this case, if they tell you the value for D, then you can find the value for\u00a0<em>F<\/em>. So add a second question to your notes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>F = 2D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>F = ? or D = ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a particular piece of information allows you to find a unique value for either\u00a0<em>F<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>D<\/em>, then that information is\u00a0<em>sufficient<\/em>. On the other hand, if a piece of information doesn\u2019t allow you to find any values for\u00a0<em>F<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>D<\/em>\u00a0or it gives you multiple possible values, then that information is\u00a0<em>not sufficient<\/em>\u00a0to answer the question.<\/p>\n<p>Next, glance at the two statements and choose one to start. On this one, for example, you might choose to start with statement (2) since it only mentions a third person, Samantha.<\/p>\n<p>Statement (2) does allow you to figure out how old Samantha is today, but that\u2019s irrelevant to the question, since it doesn\u2019t tell you anything about\u00a0<em>F<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>D<\/em>\u00a0(at least, Samantha\u2019s age is irrelevant without more information\u2026). So statement (2) is pretty quick to evaluate: It is\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0sufficient to answer the question.<\/p>\n<p>Answers (B) and (D) both say that statement (2)\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0sufficient to answer the question, so eliminate choices (B) and (D).<\/p>\n<p>Next, look at statement (1)\u2014and only statement (1). Forget that statement (2) exists. (You\u2019ll learn why in a minute.)<\/p>\n<p>Statement (1) by itself provides a relationship between Samantha\u2019s age and Dmitry\u2019s age. But it doesn\u2019t provide an actual age for anyone\u2014not Samantha or Dmitry or Farai. So this statement by itself isn\u2019t sufficient to answer the question; eliminate answer (A), which says that statement (1) works by itself. (If you hadn\u2019t already eliminated answer (D), you could also eliminate that answer now.)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, look at the two statements together. Statement (2) allows you to find Samantha\u2019s current age. Once you know Samantha\u2019s age, you can plug it into Statement (1) to find Dmitry\u2019s age. And knowing Dmitry\u2019s age is sufficient to allow you to find Farai\u2019s age\u2014so using the two statements together, it is possible to answer the question.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_hr \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Answer and Explanation<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong><br \/>\nThe correct answer is (C). Neither statement works by itself, but they do work together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can only choose this answer if you have first determined that each statement does not work by itself. That\u2019s why, earlier, you had to forget about statement (2) and just look at statement (1) by itself.<\/p>\n<p>On this problem, the two statements do work together, so the answer is (C), but if even putting the two statements together doesn\u2019t provide enough information to answer the question that was asked, then the correct answer to the problem would be (E).<\/p>\n<p>By the way, how old is Farai\u2014what\u2019s the actual number? No idea. Don\u2019t waste time calculating; you don\u2019t need to do that in order to find the correct answer to a Data Sufficiency problem.<\/p>\n<p>It takes some time to wrap your brain around Data Sufficiency\u2014practice these every day for two to three weeks until you get used to the structure and organization of the statements and answer choices.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:4px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no  0  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-none' style=' width:50px;' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How to Prepare for GMAT DI<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Insight questions measure the same skills that you use for the Quantitative and Verbal sections of the test, such as paraphrasing information, finding keywords, determining whether an inference is supported, and using estimation instead of calculation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DI section is weighted equally with the other two sections in determining your overall score. Because this section is specifically designed to mimic real-world scenarios that will come up both in business school and at work, schools want to see a solid DI score on your record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMAT DI is identical to the GMAT Quantitative and Verbal sections in that you use a college-level command of reasoning and math to negotiate critical thinking puzzles amidst the constraints of the clock and the online testing scenario. Similarly, DI offers a business-oriented, problem-solving scenario in which you must manipulate spreadsheets and statistical information in order to deduce inferences that answer the questions asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you have learned the math rules and concepts that are covered in the DI and Quant sections of the GMAT, concentrate on mastering the strategies for the five DI question types: Data Sufficiency, Tables, Graphs, Multi-Source Reasoning, and Two-Parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_sidebar  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Prep Tips For GMAT DI<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drill yourself back to a daily familiarity with the math and reasoning skills demanded by the GMAT.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acquaint yourself with the unique medium and format of the Data Insights section. Get used to the repeated ways in which DI presents information and questions and the patterned methods to efficiently attack the problem solving it demands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice your math and reasoning skills on DI-format problems, at first on individual questions and, over time, on timed question sets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Periodically, take a full-length practice test to gain experience under test-like conditions and to evaluate your progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze your practice test results to determine your current strengths and weaknesses. Use this information to inform your study plan until it\u2019s time to take another practice test.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last '><div id=\"text-76\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span data-sumome-listbuilder-embed-id=\"70f62512b89832cc8e7fcd96b9d03245c2794cf0b7170fa257f26acec72436d9\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"text-77\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span data-sumome-listbuilder-embed-id=\"71160db829b51adcc3539815988485f372b020407413c2957efe50cfe72ea639\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Insights questions are designed to resemble problems you will encounter in business school and in your career. 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