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Yup! I also think that 'higher' makes no sense like #3 noted.
Comparative without than is common. You do not say 'than' if you don't compared it to something explicitly in the same sentence, but you should not say 'higher', when you have never said or at least meant something as a benchmark before. Personally I would go so far as to say you must not.
The counter examples given above in #6 do not disprove this conclusively.
In "Paradoxically, ..", 'higher stess' is appropriate, since a benchmark is also given first. The context before this paragraph describes the various types of stress journalists normally experience, which serve as a benchmark. In this sentence one can argue that 'higher' means 'higher than the usual level of various stresses mentioned before'. Therefore, 'higher' is appropriately used.
And in "Facebook usage...", 'higher" is also appropriate since this sentence means "The more people you add to Facebook, the higher levels of stress you feel.", or as they put it, higher levels of stress, as users add more people.
Hence both counter arguments actually prove the contrary, that you must have said or meant a benchmark before you can say higher.
In the test #1 given, there is no benchmark mentioned. Therefore, you cannot say higher, IMO.
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But of course 'certain kind' is obviously incorrect (but I didn't catch it first time, hehehe)
Because you either say 'a certain kind', if singular is meant.
Or certain kinds, if plural, which in this case is more appropriate since they must mean there are more kinds than one.
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