700-800 level CR question

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700-800 level CR question

by dhonu121 » Tue May 22, 2012 8:13 am
As many as 98,000 people die each year due to medical error. In a campaign to reduce lethal errors, thousands
of hospitals introduced six key changes, including rapid-response teams, re-checks of patient medication, and new
guidelines for preventing infection. The campaign estimated that, over an 18-month period, more than 100,000
lives were saved as a direct result of the program. Which of the following can be most properly inferred from the
above statements?
"¢ Doctors and nurses should be more careful when doing their jobs.
"¢ The campaign saved all of the people who otherwise would have died due to medical error in that time period.
"¢ In the future, no one will die because of medical error.
"¢ If the campaign had not been implemented, more than 100,000 people might have died during the 18-month
period due to medical error.
"¢ The key changes initiated by the campaign will continue to be implemented in the future.

OA:D
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by ice_rush » Tue May 22, 2012 8:44 am
there is no mention of doctors or nurses in the stimulus. (A) is completely out of scope.

I wouldn't even bother wasting my time to negate (A), but since you asked, this is how i'd negate (A): Doctors and nurses should NOT be more careful when doing their jobs



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by justharsha » Tue May 22, 2012 9:42 am
The article mentions some of the key changes that were implemented but does not mention negligence or irresponsibility by any of the professions. It mentions 6 key changes that were implemented but there is not enough information to correlate the implemented changes to the results observed. It is not even clear that all these changes were done to tighten up any carelessness on the part of the nurses and doctors. Besides there are only 3 out of the 6 key-changes highlighted. It is possible that the other 3 reasons could be completely administrative(not related to doctors or nurses) that are not mentioned here and could also be significantly contributing to the reduction in the number of casualties.

All we know if that the key changes that were implemented seem to reduce the number of deaths(the root cause is unclear) and hence the key changes are likely to be continued unless proved useless.

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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Fri May 25, 2012 1:44 am
dhonu121 wrote:As many as 98,000 people die each year due to medical error. In a campaign to reduce lethal errors, thousands
of hospitals introduced six key changes, including rapid-response teams, re-checks of patient medication, and new
guidelines for preventing infection. The campaign estimated that, over an 18-month period, more than 100,000
lives were saved as a direct result of the program. Which of the following can be most properly inferred from the
above statements?
"¢ Doctors and nurses should be more careful when doing their jobs.
"¢ The campaign saved all of the people who otherwise would have died due to medical error in that time period.
"¢ In the future, no one will die because of medical error.
"¢ If the campaign had not been implemented, more than 100,000 people might have died during the 18-month
period due to medical error.
"¢ The key changes initiated by the campaign will continue to be implemented in the future.

OA:D
Please don't post what you think is right here. I know the answer.
My question is that: What is wrong with A ?
How do I negate choice A ?
Buddy, you should not go out of the bounds of what is stated in the argument. The argument said medical errors killed people. These medical errors may not have been committed by Doctors or Nurses. These errors could have been due to the cleaners at the hospitals, leading to infections etc.

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by jimmyjimmy » Sat May 26, 2012 7:10 am
one tip- always negate the choices which say solid and confirm things,.,. coz here we hv to come up with different possibilities.......
A- can be negated coz "who said all errors were done by doctors and nurses"
C- same above question we can ask..and can negate it...........
D- who said it will continue .. nothing such mentioned....
left with B and D
B- it is stated that more than 10,00,000 lives were saved which means few died....(in the premise)
and B says that it saved everyone, negate it....
left with D....
observe one more thing,.,.
D does not say confirm solid thing,,,,
OBSERVE IT............................
whereas other options say solid thing.......
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by [email protected] » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:10 am
In an Inference question, you have to be very particular on what is actually said in the stimulus. In the stimulus it is said that 'The campaign estimated that, over an 18-month period, more than 100,000
lives were saved as a direct result of the program'.
It is nowhere given in the stimulus that those 100000 people would have died with certainity.

All you can say is that they might or might not have died...

D is the best answer choice.
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by mourinhogmat1 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:35 pm
Yeah in inference CR questions. The key is to exactly replicate what is stated in the premise. The only statement which does that is Statement D. The rest are stretches of imagination.