To avoid forcing varied Maya settlements into a single urban/nonurban category, a new survey will evaluate exactly two dimensions independently: the concentration of civic buildings and the distribution of residences. ______ each settlement will receive one measure for civic-building density and a separate measure for how widely households are dispersed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
For transition questions that distinguish restatement from example, compare the scope of the two statements. If the later statement accounts for every element of an exhaustive earlier claim, it is likely a reformulation; if it presents only one member or instance of a broader set, an example transition is more appropriate.
Hints
Notice the scope word
Consider why the first sentence specifies that the survey will evaluate “exactly two dimensions.”
Match the two descriptions
Compare each dimension named in the first sentence with each measure described after the blank.
Distinguish restatement from example
Decide whether the final sentence gives just one possible instance of the plan or accounts for the plan in full.
Step-by-step Explanation
Identify the complete plan
The first sentence states that the survey will evaluate exactly two dimensions independently: civic-building concentration and residential distribution.
Interpret the final sentence
The final sentence assigns a separate measure to each of those two dimensions. It therefore explains the same complete plan in more concrete terms rather than presenting only one illustration of it.
Determine the relationship
Because the final sentence reformulates and clarifies the preceding statement, the transition should signal restatement.
Select the transition
“In other words,” introduces a reformulation of the survey’s two-part evaluation plan and is therefore the most logical transition.