raunekk wrote:imo:E

explanation if its the correct answer..

davy420 wrote:A survey recently revealed a high correlation between a household level of education and its library. Specifcially the more years of college and graduation school education recieved by the household members, the more books in the household library. The survey also indicated that the higher the education level of the house hold the greater the percentage of books that are not works of fiction in its library.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the survey cited above?

A. People with higher levels of education prefer reading nonfiction to work of fiction.

Preference is not stated.



B.Household with low education level generally own more works of fiction than do household with higher education levels.

This question involves percents, NUMBERS are trap. We don't know whether they have more or less books.



C.House with lower levels of education generally own more works of fiction than nonfiction

Again NUMBERS can not be inferred from percents


D.The higher the education level of household the fewer works of fiction owned by the household


It explains a co-relation, which is implied in the stimulus. I will choose D


E.Household with high education level generally own more nonfiction books than do household with low education

Same thing..we can't compare NUMBERS.

Can somebody explain why D is not the answer? thanks

raunekk wrote:@logitech

sure..
here it goes..

premise 1: A survey recently revealed a high correlation between a household level of education and its library. Specifcially the more years of college and graduation school education recieved by the household members, the more books in the household library

premise 2: The survey also indicated that the higher the education level of the house hold the greater the percentage of books that are not works of fiction in its library

according to premise 1,

Household with high education level ===>> more books in library(than low education)

According to premise 2,

higher the education level of the house ==>> gr8er % of non-fic books.

from 1 and 2..
Household with high education level ==>>>gr8er % of non-fic books

explanation:
accor. to 1 household with higher education will have more books than low educated household..

and as % of non fiction books will be more ,As E says...

Household with high education level generally own more nonfiction books than do household with low education

Also,take numbers..
higher education household = 100 books
lower .... = 50 books

non fiction books % for higher educated is more..thus they will have more books in their library, generally.

I hope this helps...

I generally ask for OA so that i dont spend time to explain whats wrong,

I apologize if that goes against the rules of the forum.!!