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by Deepthi Subbu » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:25 pm
Columnist : George Orwell's 1984 book exercised a great influence on most number of newspaper readers.One thousand people were selected and were asked about the book that most influenced their lives. The book chosen most often was bible,1984 was second.

The answer to which of the following questions will most help evaluating the columnist's argument ?

1. How many books had each person surveyed read?
2. How many people chose books other than 1954?
3.How many people read the columnist's newspaper?
4.How many books by George Orwell other than 1954 were chosen?
5.How many of those who were actually surveyed read the book that they chose?
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by rppala90 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:57 pm
I think 5 is the answer.
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by need720+ » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:12 pm
Will go with E
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by DhruvXVII » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:42 pm
IMO C
OA please.
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by Deepthi Subbu » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:38 am
OA B

My opinion - What if the selected group just read bible or only 1954 or only the two ? This wouldn't be a representative of a larger community . This is stated in A . But I dont understand the reason behind B being the OA.
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by bblast » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:21 am
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by sandy217 » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:30 am
Deepthi Subbu wrote:OA B

My opinion - What if the selected group just read bible or only 1954 or only the two ? This wouldn't be a representative of a larger community . This is stated in A . But I dont understand the reason behind B being the OA.
I think argument goes with the comparison.If 1954 is chosen by say 10 people ,X book is chosen by 9 people and Y is chosen by 8 people, we really cannot conclude 1954 is most influential ,because the difference is too less to make such swooping conclusion.
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