Analogy Reasoning: Practitioner to Field

The question presents an analogy that needs completion: ______ is to surgery as writer is to ______. We need to find the pair of terms that maintains the same logical relationship.

Identifying the Relationship

The core relationship connects a professional or agent to their primary field of action or product.

• In the first pair, surgery is the field or action.
• In the second pair, writer is the professional.

We are looking for a professional who performs/is associated with surgery and the primary product/field associated with a writer.

Evaluating the Options

• Option 1 (Plan, outline): A plan isn't a professional, and an outline is a tool, not the primary field/product for a writer in this context.
• Option 2 (Hospital, library): These are locations, not the professionals or primary fields/products.
• Option 3 (Doctor, book): A doctor is the professional associated with surgery. A book is the primary product created by a writer. This fits the established relationship perfectly (Practitioner : Field/Product).
• Option 4 (Medicine, grammar): Medicine is related to surgery but is often the subject matter or tool. Grammar is a tool for a writer, not their main field or product like surgery is.

Conclusion

The logical relationship is established by matching the professional to their domain. A Doctor is directly associated with performing or overseeing surgery. Similarly, a Writer is directly associated with creating a book.

Therefore, the completed analogy is: Doctor is to surgery as writer is to book.